If you are a regular reader of my posts, you might know by now that I love organic products. I even Buy Organics Online, which includes my daily essential products. Not a big fan of chemicals. But the one thing I have never done till date is, dabbing into container gardening, most likely because I have plenty of room to have an in-ground garden. This season, though, I decided to try this gardening method that's been around for many years but is new for me. I'm going to share my progress and my … [Read more...]
My garden is planted!
Thanks to my gnomes, I was finally able to get my seeds in the ground today. It's really a late start for a garden here in North Texas, but I chose the veggies that were more likely to survive my tardiness. Before too long, we'll have squash, green beans, black-eyed peas, cucumbers, okra and peppers. Oh yeah...tomatoes, too. Small tomatoes--grape ones and yellow pear ones. I'm looking sooo forward to my ooey gooey cheesey squash, fried okra, stuffed peppers and fresh, crisp beans. Oh, … [Read more...]
Gnomes!!!
Yep. Gnomes. Our next door neighbors are a very sweet and wonderful couple. They are kind, fascinating, hard working people that I have tons of respect for. It's a great thing to have good neighbors, you know it? We have lots of them. Mainly retired widows and retired lesbian couples. But this particular non-lesbian couple have a love for gnomes. They collect them. There are gnomes of all shapes, sizes and expressions both in their home and in their yard. Ceramic ones, plastic ones, … [Read more...]