Growing Veggies Year-Round No Matter Where You Live

The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener This past Monday on #gardenchat (a Twitter based chat forum) we welcomed Canadian all natural grower Niki Jabbour.  Niki is the author of ‘The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener’ .  I had the privilege of meeting Niki Jabbour at the Philadelphia Flower Show this past spring so it was a delight to introduce her online to my [...]

Wordless Wednesday for #gardenchat

Tropic Escape Hibiscus / Costa Farms This just maybe my favorite bloom every : Costa Farms Tropic Escape Hibiscus I have the perfect container for this tropical grower so it can spend the winters indoors here in my Ohio home and garden. The Tropic Escape Hibiscus shares the front porch with my climbing rose this first week of June.  How can [...]

#SundaySupper BarBQ on A Rainy Day

BBQ Recipe Click on Image for Easy Recipe My #sundaysupper share for this week is a quick and easy favorite. Time is limited this season with all the family activities and everyday gardening going on daily. This is a recipe that will give you more time outside of the kitchen and yet bring the entire family to [...]

Join Me on a May #GardenWalk

On Thursday, the last week of May 2012 I was busy in the garden weeding, planting and mulching when I decided to do a live stream of my progress. Using the smart phone app Ustream to share live from my garden has provided a way for me to document my progress as well as help [...]

If I Can Grow a Rose

Ohio Spring Garden 2012 Five summers ago it all started with a pair of Knock Out Roses planted just outside the mudroom attached to our garage. This landscape rose was a new product in my area that promised fabulous blooms with low maintenance. I planted them outside the

Woof Wednesday in the Garden

Olivia_woof She follows me everywhere I go … this is my pup Olivia.  She is an 8 year old Australian Shepard and she is spoiled to death by me!  As summer arrives so do pestie critters who like to make the garden a not so friendly place for our pets.  Today I would like to remind [...]

Family Favorite With a Veggie Spin : Taco Salad

Taco Salad I think my son thinks I’m Super Mom because he always gives me just 24 hours notice when he needs a special dish for a Boy Scout or School Band event. In theme with my super hero status I must add that  yesterday was another one of those test to see if I could ‘leap [...]