One year ago, Scott & I participated in a miracle by attending Aaron's one year party and releasing balloons in memory of all the Trisomy 18 babies not fortunate enough to have made it to that milestone. Well, last night we released 4 balloons, … [Continue reading] about 2 years old!
It's June and the daffodils are done but the late spring flowers are on. Here's a sampling of what's going on out in my flower gardens right now. They're starting to look pretty good now that all the seedlings are finally in the ground and it's … [Continue reading] about What’s blooming today?
I've been wanting vertical structures for the vegetable garden for a long time and it's just never happened, so today we were out weeding and planting some more veggies and I mentioned that Scott should lash together a structure for the cucumbers … [Continue reading] about Vertical garden structure-hooray!
I have a long-standing goal of reading all the Newbery award winners. This began when I was young and was renewed when Brian was in elementary school and decided to take up the challenge. I read along with him then, but as he grew older and moved … [Continue reading] about O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
I've had some questions about my process for growing seedlings, so here's the scoop. I germinate them in Jiffy pellets which I put in trays with clear plastic domes. I place these under basic shop lights and fluorescent lights bought at the big box … [Continue reading] about Seedling bragging