Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself with my new camera, but I thought I’d enter this picture in this month’s Gardening Gone Wild picture contest. It’s “Peas In My Heart” from my last blog post – What on Earth is
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What on Earth is it all about?
Earth Day is the 22nd of April. Thanks For Today and other fellow garden bloggers are sharing ways to garden sustainably in honor of Earth Day and this is my contribution. Please visit Jan’s blog, Thanks For Today to see
Guest Gardens #1 – A Fusion of Relaxation and Function
When the gardening classes ended, a bunch of us got together and decided to start a gardening club, taking turns to host it in our gardens once a month, where we could continue the exchange of ideas and swap seedlings.
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Heavenly is a place on Earth!
“Oh baby, do you know what that’s worth?” $88 dollars a day! That is the cost of the lift ticket to Heavenly, California. In my opinion, there is no such thing as a ‘bad’ ski resort. Even a snowy mountain
Taking control of my part of the planet
The conversion of the front yard has begun! I’ve been doing lots of research about this conversion – reading up on it, online searches, attending talks and chatting to people who know about these things. The chatting part is always
Who was St Patrick? (NOT a Religious Education Essay!)
St Patrick is hailed as the Patron Saint of Ireland because he brought Christianity to Ireland. We Irish, as a nation, show our devotion to our Patron Saint by going out and getting totally trolleyed1. Sometime during the fourth century,
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Springtime – A Myriad of Miracles
Sometimes, it’s the small things in life that make my heart glow. When I say small, I mean measuring about one eight of an inch (3-4mm), like the tiny cotyledons, the first leaves, of a germinating seed poking bravely up
Route 66, Roadkill and The Grand Canyon!
We call our GPS system “Jane”. When my husband introduced me to Jane, I wasn’t happy. I like using maps. The huge Atlas in my father’s study was a wish book to me as a child. I’d flick through the
Learning Lessons in Las Vegas
Las Vegas! The last time I was there, in April 2004, I hated the place. But it is a good starting point for a road trip to the Grand Canyon, and there are lots of really cheap flights to Vegas
Something Fruity, Something Green!
Last week, my Mum arrived from Ireland for a three week visit. She has been my gardening inspiration all my life. We grew up on organic vegetables in the days when the word “organic” was usually matched with “chemistry” and
