I went out to our mailbox to send a thank you card to our neighbors who dropped off some phenomenally delicious Christmas cookies. Missed the mailman, but there was a mailbox full of 1/3 real mail, and 2/3 catalog junk mail. I suppose it depends upon your perspective what qualifies for junk mail. Aside from […]
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Plant Porno
Posted in gardening on December 26, 2018 | 3 Comments »
Hobnobs, Never Gyp the Wait Staff, and Veggie Garden
Posted in gardening, Uncategorized on July 16, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
We visited mom today, and took her grocery shopping after the thunderstorms broke. She had her list. I also wanted to get a few items while I was there that we can find around here, but not at Aldi, so in order to get them, we would have had to make a separate trip. Might […]
Hickory Horned Devil
Posted in gardening, tagged gardening on August 2, 2010 | 11 Comments »
I should probably add this baby to a gallery for my orchids and gardening website, but for now, I’ll just post it here. We found this hickory horned devil at the base of our huge ash tree. It’s stage 5-instar, so it was probably looking to burrow into the ground to pupate for the winter. […]
OT: New Orchid Stash
Posted in garden porn, gardening, orchid, orchids, tagged orchids on May 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Sorry . . . nothing on the Nickster front. He must be on extended “hitatus.” I did get in an order of orchids from Hawaii this morning. Details, plus a couple of pictures, are on my The Orchid Place Blog. I haven’t gotten around to compiling and uploading any 2010 orchid or garden galleries yet, […]
Garden Harvest
Posted in food, gardening, tagged food, gardening on July 25, 2009 | 9 Comments »
This time of year, harvesting the fruits and veggies is a daily task. I went out at 8 am, to do harvest duty. I got a few peppers (yellow banana, and cayenne), two eggplants, a handful of cherry tomatoes, and another handful of Kentucky Wonder green beans. Many more peppers can be picked any time […]
I come from one of the only two states in the nation in which it’s illegal to pump your own gas. I didn’t know about the little switch on the gas pump handle that makes it hold there to a faster or slower pump rate. Pre-paying for gas was a foreign concept to me. It […]
For My Latest Garden Update
Posted in food, gardening, tagged food, gardening on July 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Go here. That is all.
Nonesuch
Posted in gardening, tagged gardening on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now I know why this place is so popular. The garden center part of it is alright, for selection, and has competitive prices, but other places are probably better — Buckmann’s for instance. The indoors, grocery part, is great for fresh produce! I got three quarts of their own strawberries, a huge head of red […]
Woo-hoo — Two New Galleries
Posted in garden porn, gardening, rose, The Orchid Place, tagged garden porn, gardening, rose, The Orchid Place on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
. . . are available on The Orchid Place. I have a new “Garden 2009” gallery uploaded, as well as a “Roses 2009” gallery. I’m really beginning to love the Jalbum software I use to compile these galleries. At least Jalbum doesn’t force me to store them on their servers and link over to them. […]
Get Your Rose PrOn
Posted in garden porn, gardening, rose, tagged garden porn, gardening, rose on May 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
While we blew our entire holiday weekend working on the old house, three of my roses at the new place decided to bloom. Rose prOn ahead: proceed with caution.