July 20, 2011
July 10, 2011
Back Yard
There’s a large back yard that compliments this property to the point of a bit under 1/4 acre of land. There’s a riding lawn mower to help handle the expanse of the the yard keeping.
Front Yard
This is the front entrance and yard of the old house, I’m about to move into. The tree on the right was butchered by the electric company but managed to live into it’s 200 years. I remember climbing it back when I was a young girl.
March 30, 2010
Easter Lily
Have you gotten your “Easter Lily” yet? This is such a beautiful plant and the flowers are serene and gracious with their beauty. I’ve often gotten the plants after the flowers have died back and let the stalk die, then planted the bulb in my yard. The next year I had a beautiful lily to grace my yard. They don’t bloom at Easter time, but you are sure to get beautiful blooms around May.
March 12, 2010
Spring…
It’s finally here, along with all the things we need to do, to get ready for the growing months ahead. I find that it’s harder than I thought, since getting the ground worked is not happening. The weather, here has been rather wet. Just about the time I believe the ground is going to be dry enough to till, it rains again. I’m not being able to get certain crops in the ground because of this.
January 8, 2010
Moon Planting
Understanding effects, and timing your gardening chores accordingly, is a basis of moon gardening. The moon moves in a complete cycle every 29 days. In moon gardening, this cycle is divided in four quarters or phases. Phase refers to the moon’s shape viewed from earth during the month. To plant by moon phases you need an almanac or calendar. It lists exact time and date of the moon phases. A lunar month starts with a new moon, also called “dark of the moon”. From the new moon to first quarter and from first quarter to full moon, the moon grows to a crescent and then a full circle, mid-month. The increasing or waxing phases.
January 5, 2010
I’m Not Sure
I had this plant that someone sold to me, and it didn’t have a name. I got tired of it being in the large container, so I planted it in the front yard near the corner of the house. It took off to growing, and I noticed that it really bloomed when it would rain. So, I tried to keep it watered as much as I could. Here, it is showing the pretty purple blooms, which were numerous.
December 29, 2009
Dream Wedding……
I not sure if you are one of those “little girl romantics” as I am. Down through the years I would dream of this outstanding wedding, held out in the yard or garden. I could see me walking down the path, all decked out in my wedding gown. Ahead of me would be my waiting groom, with a big smile on his face.
My yard wasn’t the most outstanding of yards, so my child like mind would adapt to the differences and figure an illusion beyond it’s limits. It all would be handled in some sort of form or fashion, I dreamed. I could see the roses, the bouquets and even the gazebo. I had to have one of those to stand under, in my dream.
I could see me going to the store and picking out a dress, trying it on and moving about the wedding accessories trying to choose my veil, plus amenities. There had to be this and that to accompany my bridesmaids and maid of honor. I could see it all coming together in my small girl dreams. This was going to be one of those fairy tale type weddings, with all the trimmings. Everything was supposed to fall into place. Unfortunately, the fair tale didn’t come true and our finances were lacking as well.
Kalachi…….
This is one of the plants I brought with me when I moved into the apartment. I hope I spelled the name of the plant right, because I really wasn’t sure of the spelling. As with most of my indoor plants, this one loves the bright window, and sunlight. I placed it in my sunniest room, with direct contact to the morning sun. I noticed that it’s starting to put on small flowers, not in this photo which was taken a month ago.
