I Live In Tomatoland

tomatoland It isn’t every day an article or book can change your lifestyle.  Of course for me it takes additional weeks during my prime growing season to get through an entire book because I’m more of a visual person who would rather be out taking photos or some where with my hands in the soil.   After [...]

Ustream Making It Happen In Chicago

Boo Bunnies After many weeks of planning and pulling together trusted sponsors to generate giveaways, I’m excited to share with you the link to the big event. The first ever ‘tweet-up’ #gardenchat event that will be shared live via Ustream on August 15th in the Windy City. Listed on the webpage you will find all the fabulous…..

Google+ Gardening

In the beginning stage of this new networking launch Google only allowed limited access to becoming a user. I will admit I saw one of my gardening connections sharing photos and……..

Summer Magic

This is the bloom of a Hibiscus braided tree I have on my back deck.  This container has been wintered over in my zone 5 greenhouse for the past 2 winters.   With the way the bloom is kissing the lantana blooms below it I may have to find a larger container to see how big [...]

Evening Summer Getaway

As the gas prices this summer go up, I find myself discovering creative ways to keep the family entertained without going to far from home. We have always been the family…….

Twitter Junkie and Proud Of It!

They say the first steps to recovery is ‘admitting you have a problem’. However, I am fighting with myself to agree that  my addiction to sharing my gardening world by using the social networking site Twitter is an actual problem.   As a parent it is a general rule that we do not ‘text’ during dinner [...]

Mango – Lettuce Smoothie

Inspired by my friend Jen who is all about exercise and only putting clean into her body I decided to experiment with lettuce this afternoon. This recipe was using what I had on hand as I …….