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Feeders, Houses, and Lily-philes
Earlier this week, both boys were sick and I got very stir crazy – half of it was waiting to see if I came down with what either of them had. A girl can only spend so much time in and around her own house while tending to too very whiney children without taking a gander to Amazon. After interrupting…
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Discovery: Happy Little Plants
Sunflower Hen and chicks Daylilly Blackberry Magnolia Petal Titmouse in front of the Elm Tree
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Garden Update
I’ve been so slack about posting on my multitude of blogs lately. That’s because I’ve been spending most of my time outside when it’s not raining. When it is raining, I’ve been grading my students’ homework and finals or playing with the boys (or fishing out the stuff the baby puts in the commode). Yesterday the Man commented that the…
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Breaking Ground on a Community Garden
As I jumped into Love Sown a couple months ago, my interest in merely reporting on our family’s garden quickly expanded to wanting to share project ideas, inspire people to get a little dirty and encourage even the brownest thumbs to try their hands at growing food. Then, this opportunity to start a community garden at a school in our…
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Discovery: The Successes Not Our Own
Sometimes the biggest successes in our yards are not our own – such as those things we have left behind in the grass (and weeds) that take root … Oregano volunteers in the lawn … or those which we dug up from our parents’ homes planted in a pot, watched die and planted in the ground thinking all hope was…
