I just love the new direct flight between SFO and Dublin, Ireland. It leaves at such a civilized time. I’m sitting here in my pjs and fluffy pink dressing gown, tying up a few loose ends before I do the
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Home – where the grass is greener, especially from March to November!
I didn’t want to be one of those Irish immigrants who cried into my beer and sang sad songs about missing the ould country. Oh, no, not me… And why would I, when I can see green fields from my
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Lost in the shuffel!
I lost my list of favorite blogs when I reshuffled this page to advertise the launch of March to November. If you’ll like to be reinstated… or added to the list leave me a comment. In the meantime, I’ll try
I love it when a plan comes together.
This time last year I was laying out plastic to solarize my lawn. Well the jury is in… I wouldn’t recommend it. I’ve been disappointed a the amount of bur clover that came back not to mention a recurrence of
Hopes for a Happy New Year
Wow! It’s been quite a while since my last post. This is probably because it has been such a challenging year in the garden and I’ve not been inspired to blog about it. Why isn’t the opposite of inspired just
Solarizing the lawn
For want of another name, I’ve been calling the 20’X25′ patch of grass and weeds at the back of the house “the lawn.” The weeds, burr clovers, dandelions, thistles and bermuda grass were mown and watered and from a distance
Tresspassers – caught in the act!
The heat is too much for the lettuce, and I’m down to one pot near the back door. You’d think its proximity to the house would keep it safe but yesterday morning we caught the lettuce theif in the act!
Reasons why we did come here…
Having spent the last two weeks playing with my nephews who were visiting me from the old country, I always question why we came here at all. Why did we leave behind our friends, whom I still miss keenly? Why
Simple mistakes, dire consequences
It is with a sad irony that I link to a blog post entitled “Sweet surprises and possible massacres.” A couple of years ago, I put bird netting against my back fence to provide a light trellis for sweet pea
Welcome to Grand Central Station
I remember feeling so guilty when I first started to pull out the old lawn, privet and ivy garden. I felt as though I were ripping away habitat for so many little critters. But now that the native garden has