Indoor Garden
My Christmas amaryllis is blooming! Next stop (hopefully), clivia!
Garden Notes
So this is the one thing I allowed myself to buy with my tax return this year: a composter. I went for a self contained one so I could pull it up easily if circumstances warranted. Plus, there’s just two of us, so this should be just the right size. I’ll admit I’m excited to
Garden Notes
It’s January in Maine, so what’s a girl to do? Read gardening books, and lust after activities I cannot possible for several more months. Sigh… The Edible Front Yard – Ivette Soler This book is all about changing your front yard from a typical lawn into an edible plant garden, but doing it in such
Garden Notes
These are my new best friends. After watching some neighbors one year, I’ve been bagging my leaves by using a trash can as a bag holder, and using a snow shovel to get the leaves into the bag. Last spring, I saw the green claw hand extenders next to the shovel in a magazine, and
Operation Napalm
I love my landlord. He was around doing the yard work that generates crap that we can’t haul anywhere since we’re not actually homeowners ™, and I asked if it would be ok if we tackled trying to get rid of the rose bush from hell (which I have dubbed Operation Napalm). Not only did