Winter Has Arrived ❄️❄️

My husband had a running weather joke all summer, "Enjoy it now, it'll be snowing in 3 months". We'd all roll our eyes. Well, he really wasn't all that far off. We had the 5th biggest November snowfall last night, and it was a very messy storm. Thankfully, my college kids had left Saturday to … Continue reading Winter Has Arrived ❄️❄️

Assessing Winter’s Damage

While most of the garden has burst forth finally, quite a few things have been mighty slow, while others have obviously not survived the winter.  From what I've been hearing, everyone has suffered some loss in the garden from the long, cold, snowy winter.   In comparison to some, I think I've fared pretty well since I didn't lose … Continue reading Assessing Winter’s Damage

Problem Areas

Everyone has problem areas in their yard.  This week, I'm going to show some of ours and some of the solutions we've finally come up with.  First was an area off the corner of the house.  When we first moved in, the landscaper designed the space to have 3 large Austrian Pines in the corner … Continue reading Problem Areas