Tips and tricks for gardening all year round, including outdoor gardens, indoor gardens and houseplants.
Holly is one of my favorite Christmas plants. It’s beautiful in the winter outdoor garden, and it also adds some beautiful red and green color to indoor decorations this time of year. I love holly’s waxy green leaves and beautiful red berries. Legend says holly helps to ward of bad spirits, that’s where the tradition … Read more
I took a photo of the hay bales in our pasture this summer and shared it here: Round Hay Bales. Today I have another photo to share, this one was from just a couple weeks ago when they cut the hay down and baled it for the last time this fall. I love the fall … Read more
It’s been a little chilly and rainy here this week, so it put me in the mood for soup! I love this time of year when I can walk out to my garden and pick supper! Well, maybe not this year… My garden hasn’t produced much this year because of the dry weather, so I’ve … Read more
An enterprising mother coon decided to move her babies into our barn a couple weeks ago. At first we didn’t know what was wreaking nightly havoc on the dog food and chicken food cans. They chewed the lids to the plastic garbage cans we hold our animal food in, and dumped the whole thing over … Read more
We used to bale our own hay, back when we had a couple steers in the pasture to feed it to. We haven’t had any steers for a few years, so our neighbor has been baling the hay for his own animals. He usually does the large round bales, then lets them sit in the … Read more