Gardening Blog Posts

20 Cherry Tomato Plants andI still have more!It's a perfect spring day. The sun is shining brightly, the sky is blue, the bees are buzzing, birds are chirping and I am one with my tomato plants.I have big dreams for my writing, my Passion Test certif...

On the evening that Zinnia was born, Dennis planted some Zinnia seeds. I watered them a couple of times, but yesterday I noticed they had sprouted. I’ve never started seeds in a terrarium before!

Gus is so proud of his greenhouse and he keeps it spick and span both inside and out and he is especially proud of his hanging baskets.  This year, he is hoping for a bumper crop of onions - the old fashioned variety.  Gardening Gus could b...

Hello World!  Holy Flip, I cannot get over how long I've been hosting this fun party.  You lovelies make it such a joy to sit down, turn on the laptop and see all the inspiration and talent that is oozing out of you.  We had a lot of n...

Today, we celebrate Earth Day. Perhaps you’re marking the occasion by attending a volunteer clean-up event in your neighborhood, talking with your children about recycling, or choosing to bike to work, all in the name of environmental stewardsh...

Well now, doesn't Gardening Gus from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps have a smug expression across his face! Tomorrow is his wife's birthday and each year she complains because he always forgets and has no gift to celebrate the occasio...

Are you a smoothie fan? Fruit smoothie or green smoothie? You know what’s in a fruit smoothie – fruit and dairy. No question they’re a delicious answer to how to ditch those  junk-food, fast-food drive-throughs that call your name as you drive...

Content by Erin Brooks.On Sunday, P and I decided to do something a little different and headed up to Coromandel Valley to check out an Open Garden at a place known as ‘That Red House’, which is owned by Luke and Talia Borda. This was my first ti...

I'm not going to bore you with vacation stories for a month of Sunday's...but I DO have some doozies I want to share with you and a few will be coming up this week.  Kim and I are getting together today to get the pics lined out so I'll have pic...

Hello World!  It's time to kick the week off with a bang!  Let's get right to it.  Welcome to Week 45 of: Make it Pretty Monday My Favorite Pretty Sarah has been quite the busy bee fixing up her guest room.  I love the...

I'm so happy that it's finally getting warmer!  With the warmer weather will come green, green, green!  I have big, fun plans for this summer in my garden, but right now, it still looks pretty brown! I always have a hard time starting with...

    When I first started thinking about naming our place....I thought about Garden Of Eden....because we all know....time began in a garden....And I'm literally obsessed....with gardening, foo fooing...cooking...But I really wanted to...

Hello World!  Happy week to you!  My brother-in-law finished 24th in his age division in the half-ironman!  He actually shaved 15 minutes off of his previous swim time!  Way to go Dominic!   On to the features and the part...

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Do you know what?  When I realized this blog was being read around the world a couple of years ago...I decided right then that I wanted to use it to spread 'peace and love around the world...one person...one day at a time'...and all I've done th...

Well...from the Ocho to The House At Pooh Corner...Kim is finally moved...lock, stock and barrel. Walls repainted, carpets shampooed, key turned in...  PRAISE the LORD!!!  The Ocho was an absolutely beautiful little place full of tons of w...

There's something deeply satisfying about working on the land, producing and enjoying its rewards on the table........ an amazing feeling of a job well done.  The joy of creating, and my love for it, is so important to me.   I am so lucky t...

Hello World!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I'm still trying to recover.  If you missed the Sunday Showcase of the top 4 views from last week's party, you can view them here.  Also, no features today.  I've just had n...

Springtime is here. As the weather is warming up, the days are starting to get longer and we all start to see the beginning signs of plants and flowers in bloom, we totally understand why you might find yourself having the urge to get out and do a bi...

 Guest Blogger #915, Entry #2146, March 28, 2013 When people are thinking about what they can do to make their yards look more attractive, usually the spaces that come to mind at their front and backyards. However, being that all of us have to walk...