Pink mums on the hill are worth waiting for
It’s always hard to admit it’s time to dismantle the garden: take down tomato plants and bean plants off the pergola, put cute lawn ornaments in the garage for the […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
Where there was bamboo…………
Now there is grass. The saga of the bamboo problems has been difficult and gone on throughout the summer. I wrote an early blog about the birds in the bamboo, […]
The shrinking of the garden
Well, we all get old(er.) The bad part is admitting it. OK, I admit it. The garden will be smaller next year. That rough area on the right will be […]
Poor little mouse
You never know what you might discover in the garden. I just disrupted someone’s transportation system, and life! I had put weed cloth and cardboard down in an area of […]
Time to make tomato sauce
I ran out of my tomato sauce in May. That won’t happen again next year. I’ve been taking off tomatoes as they came ripe and blanching, skinning, coring and freezing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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