Groundhogs and bamboo and squash bugs, oh my!
Challenges, gardening challenges! Last fall we thought we had Wilbur living under the garage for the winter, and that was kinda cute and all, and one groundhog doesn’t eat that […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
Blessed with beauty and wildlife all around
I am blessed with the ability to still be able to maintain my yard and (modified) garden while getting old(er.), with a little help. I’m blessed to live in a […]
Now about Wilbur……….
Last fall I wrote a couple blogs about our resident groundhog (thief) Wilbur. https://sarasinart.net/2016/11/26/wilbur-wrote-a-blog/ Well, now there is more story about Wilbur, and I need to especially say that he is […]
Bamboo…….er, bird issues
In a previous post, I talked about the hundreds of birds coming to roost in my bamboo each night. https://sarasinart.net/2017/04/18/big-bird-problem/ The guano that that many birds produce can cause serious […]
Pink and white tree time
Spring is the prettiest time here in Pennsylvania. Right now, in addition to all different kinds of spring bulbs blooming, there are pink and white trees blooming all around, and […]
Big bird problem
Well, not a BIG bird problem, like there’s no big yellow guy here from Sesame Street. It’s a big BIRD problem. For several weeks, several hundred black birds have been […]
You can learn so much working in the garden
I have a fenced in area that’s sort of rabbit proof. Other years I used to cover it with cardboard in the fall to keep all sort of extraneous weeds […]
Spring is springing
We had a warm spell in February, then back to normal Pa temps. Now it looks like spring is really coming. Chives are up, and parsley. Some others herbs that […]
Working in the garden….in February.
For anybody who says climate change doesn’t exist, or, worse yet, that it doesn’t matter, you should have seen me the last 2 days working in the garden, at 65 […]
Seven years of blogging
7 years ago (2/11/10) I started to write a blog, mostly about a small business I did for a while. Life got in the way and I didn’t continue that […]
