A Yard Walk About: Cones, Stones, and Sticks
This morning I was inspired by a fellow blogger from the UK. I often read her posts just as I get up for the day, most likely due to the…
Category: plants
Seed for Thought
Seed-spiration My seed buying for next year has already started! I’m only five or six months ahead of time! We are planning a prairie garden for a space behind our…
Poinsettias
Poinsettia’s are some of my favorite plants. Cee’s FOTO Challenge for today is on this lovely specimen. The holiday season really doesn’t start in my home until I have a…
Storing Color for Winter
Today is sunny and although cold, one can still see the grass has some green and the hydrangea heads are brown, but there is very little other color. I am…
Drawing on What I Know
Have any of you made a mood board? Well, I haven’t either but need to make one for one of my last assignments for grad school. It is to accompany…
Palm Oasis on the San Andreas Fault
Brown Landscape with Punches of Green I cannot seem to get over the difference in landscape between the mid-western and southwestern parts of the United States. Although both are beautiful…
My Gardens This Fall
For the first time ever this year I planted flowering Kale. I used it both in my home gardens as well as the gardens at school. It is so colorful…
Teaching Out of a Bag: The World of Informal Educators
For the first time ever, I got to teach a class during a summer school session today. It sounds kind of crazy but I have always wanted to teach summer…
