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Asiatic lily

Inspect My Gardens

Amazing what can happen when you leave for four days and you come back to inspect your gardens Different flowers are blooming and plants are finally growing! The veggies are coming along with some ready for harvest. Get those praise hands up! My poor gardens, though, will probably have to handle more neglect than tender […] Read more…

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Peaceful Staycation

My staycation has been … peaceful. Relaxing. Stress-free, even.  As much as I love to travel (and I do!), there is something grounding about being able to stay home, follow my own schedule, do what I want to do around the house – when I want to do it. I’ve spent the past couple of […] Read more…

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A Garden Walk-About in July.

I arrived home today from the lake, completely relaxed and stress-free from my mini-vacation (click here for my post yesterday on this) – and consequently I am not at all ready to get back to the office tomorrow. It’s probably an understatement to say that I’m ready for a real vacation – a total get-away that […] Read more…

Labor Day. How Did That Happen?

Labor Day. And how exactly did that happen? Now that Joe’s brand-new backpack is packed, school clothes are laid out, new tennis shoes are ready to be broken in, and even Teacher Man’s lunch is packed for tomorrow, I can plop myself on the couch, turn on a little Real Housewives of Orange County (Reunion, Part […] Read more…

My Gardens: Coming to Life.

Lady’s Mantle My gardens are coming to life, even as I continue to plant seeds and add flowers here and there. Spring is always slower to come in Minnesota, and this year, it felt like it took forever. Then today we recorded over 5 inches of rain in a 24-hour period – with more projected […] Read more…

Garden Joy in July

The gardens are in full bloom now, with the zinnias, coneflower and daisies putting on quite a colorful show. I think my favorite flower changes almost daily now – I love all my zinnia varieties because the colors are amazing and bright and so happy. But, the coneflower is a classic Minnesota perennial that is […] Read more…

Sunny Gardens

It’s 91 degrees where I live today – and quite humid! No complaints here – I love summer so bring it on. The mosquitoes, however, are loving it as well, but I doused myself in bug spray and went out to do a little weeding early this afternoon anyway. Both my flowers and vegetables are […] Read more…