Category: General

Tomato Season = Fruit Fly Season

As soon as the wonderful garden tomatoes started coming into the house, I knew this day would come.  Every year I wait, ready with the towel to start swatting.    Those darn fruit flies make me look like a lunatic in the kitchen.  Standing by the sink, towel in hand, swatting at invisible specks on … Continue reading Tomato Season = Fruit Fly Season

Sunday Feature: Holes in the Mountain Ash

**Today's post is from guest blogger, Peggy** For almost 10 yrs, the 2 mountain ashes in our yard has had a woodpecker, or something similar, making quite an interesting pattern of peck marks in it. Hard as we've tried, we've not been able to spy the culprit.  The trees were quite small when the holes … Continue reading Sunday Feature: Holes in the Mountain Ash

A Little Civic Duty

While being called for jury duty has nothing to do with gardening, it does call for a little planning ahead since everything will be a bit more hectic around the house. We are settling into one of the hottest weeks of the summer, following a pretty rain-free few weeks. So this weekend, I spent some … Continue reading A Little Civic Duty

Sunday Feature: Wildlife on the Golf Course

One of the best places I've found to observe nature has been on the golf course.   I'm not really a very good golfer (been known to just pick up my ball on occasion), but I love being out on the courses with friends and family.  Right from the beginning, I've always had a little … Continue reading Sunday Feature: Wildlife on the Golf Course

Yet another problem area addressed

As I've worked on the problem areas in the front yard, I created another sore spot in the area where we moved the Annabelle hydrangeas from. On the north side of the house were the 4 hydrangeas and a row of Hicks yews. The hydrangeas had to go because they were just too big for … Continue reading Yet another problem area addressed