I have mentioned in the past, our neighborhood has a growing problem with deer. They are so comfortable here, they bed down in back yards, and it’s not uncommon to see a whole family strolling down the sidewalks, sampling from every yard as they go. There is not much I can do about what they eat from my front gardens, but I’ve been at war … Continue reading a new fence
It’s that sad time of year when it’s time to put the garden to bed for the winter. For me, it’s also the busiest time of my year, rushing to get all the weeds out, plants cut back, summer things put away, and most time consuming of all, is getting rid of all the leaves. My back yard is cut in half by a white … Continue reading putting the garden to bed
It’s that time again when cool fall weather makes one want to turn on the oven and bake something that makes the whole house smell good. This week’s bake is “New England Apple Cider Cake” that I found on a wonderful blog, A Family Feast. This may be called “New England Apple Cider Cake”, but I’m using Ohio made cider, so maybe I’ll change the … Continue reading this week’s bake
Watching football has a long history for me. While a kid, living at home, watching the Cleveland Browns every Sunday was what my Dad did. And while I enjoyed the sound of football in the background, I secretly prayed I’d find a husband that wasn’t obsessed with it. And I did marry a man who didn’t like football at all. The ironic part is that … Continue reading college football game day
This week’s bouquet comes from the last flowers of my garden. The echinacea are having their second bloom of the season and their last hurray. They started blooming in July and I think the heat and dry summer was just too much for them, as the flowers were pale and scraggly.. This second flush of flowers is much more vibrant and beautiful. The deep jewel … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
We’ve had such an abnormally hot fall, I found it hard to bring out the fall decor when it still feels so much like summer. But then, we had our first real cold snap, and that was enough to cool off the attic where all the seasonal decorations are stored. I brought down all the bags of colorful fall decor, but the older I get, … Continue reading fall decorating
Sometimes it takes me awhile to get in the mood to decorate for a new season. Usually, it’s just a matter of being too busy. But, this Sunday afternoon, I felt like playing and fiddling with the cement urns that sit on each side of my garage. The urns held Boston ferns all summer, so I pulled them out, put them in black plastic pots, … Continue reading fall outdoor decorating
This week’s bouquet is a result of a need to do some serious cutting back. I needed to tie up the wayward new raspberry branches and to do that, I had to first remove the netting. But, I couldn’t even get near one side of the raspberry bed because of the verbena bonariensis. They had reseeded from last summer and become a gigantic patch of … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
I had no intention of baking until later this fall when the flowers were done and I was finished with “this week’s bouquet”. Plus, I’m just too busy right now to fit baking into my life. But my sister told me there was a new season and episode of “The Great British Baking Show” on Netflix. I had no intention of watching it until I … Continue reading this week’s bake
This week’s bouquet starts with some golden rod that I nabbed from my elderly neighbor’s yard. Usually it is only found along the road side or in a country field. No one purposely allows this weed to grow in their yard. This year, while she was away, her son’s chopped down every weed and flower growing in her yard, but fortunately they missed her golden … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
