You know it’s been a good day in the garden when you come inside at the end of it and your feet look like this:

Not hard to tell that I garden in my flip-flops. No comments about my ugly toes please.
Gotta go - it’s shower time!

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Hey, I’m actually on time for a change! Today is the 15th of the month and I have a post all ready for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. Will wonders never cease?!
Typically, by this time of the summer things in the yard and garden are drying up. The grass would be changing from [...]

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The past week has been a full one! Mom came home for the week, Connor attended a day camp in Stratford, Ontario for four out of five days, Mom and I painted the front porch, and the three of us planted more grass seed.
Connor’s day camp was actually only two hours each morning. It’s [...]

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Have I mentioned that my parents are trailer trash? No? Must’ve been an oversight. My parents are trailer trash. Whew, glad I got that off my chest! What I mean by trailer trash is that my mom and dad live in their fifth wheel trailer for most of the year. [...]

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It seems that my little collection of barn board birdhouses has sparked some interest from people who would like to build a barn board birdhouse of their own. Even more cool is the fact that these people have been inspired to build their birdhouses from barn board that they will recycle from old outbuildings [...]

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I absolutely love garden watching. There’s no better way to gather inspiration for your own garden than to take the time to stop and smell the roses, or in this case, view the poppies in someone else’s garden.
While driving to the farm to do some work last week, I was greeted by this glorious [...]

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How to Keep the Sandbox Clean?

It’s quite simple really - put a lid on it!
Roaming neighborhood cats and other prowling critters will use a sandbox as their own personal litterbox. Unless you expect your child to wear gloves while playing in his/her sandbox, keep it covered when not in use. No child should have to [...]

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Our lawn is looking worse than usual these days. No, it’s not due to drought, grubs or cinch bugs - it’s because we finally had some topsoil delivered to fill some low spots and now there are large brown patches of that topsoil everywhere.

In the winter time I’m only too happy to have a [...]

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Wow, what a difference a few weeks makes in the appearance of a garden! Come along for an early June garden tour.
The three Bridalwreath Spirea shrubs are fully loaded and bending under the weight of thousands of glorious white blossoms.

It’s hard to believe they are the same scrawny, spindly specimens we planted last year.

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More Reasons For Wearing Gardening Gloves
In a recent post I talked about the importance of wearing gardening gloves as protection against tetanus - a most compelling reason in itself. Just in case that wasn’t persuasive enough, I thought I’d give you a few more good reasons and tell you about my favorite gardening [...]

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