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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There is nothing I love more in a garden than pink flowers - any variety will do. But there is something about pink roses that just makes my heart sing. This is David Austin's English shrub rose, "Mary Rose". I bought her in early summer not having any idea where I was going to plant [...]
It's been a long, hot, and dry summer here in Ohio. We've not had a significant rainfall that makes a difference since mid June. Most of the garden is stressed from heat and lack of rain, and just barely hanging on. I'm stressed from the promising storms on the weather radar app that continually come [...]
Thought I had better get back to making bouquets before the summer is over. The August garden is waning, especially from the heat and lack of rain, but there are a few beauties still going strong. I started this bouquet with just zinnias since they needed picking. Grown from a pack of seeds, a good [...]
Last summer I cleared an area at the far back of my yard to start an echinacea garden. This is what it looked like at the end of the summer, promising, but bare. Fast forward after one year's growth and it is a lush garden full of color. I'm not one to mix my oranges [...]
