Ornamental Grasses
My shipment of ornamental grasses arrived packaged very well and looked great, but then Haley managed to run off with one. It was badly chewed, all dirt shaken from...
Some Bloomers
It’s overcast and 53 degrees right now, which is probably as good as it’s going to get today. I started moving rocks around to the new beds but I got...
Little Water Feature
Wed 1 Aug 2007 I saw this old postcard on ebay and had to have it. Not the postcard, but I’m lusting the waterfall because it would look amazing running down...
Baby coons & Japanese Beetles
Tue 3 Jul 2007 The biggest threat to my little oasis seems to be baby raccoons and Japanese Beetles. Oh, the baby coons are so cute but they are such curious little...
Poppy Bloom
Tue 15 May 2007 It rained this morning so I’ve been out pulling weeds from the wet earth. Amazing how the little buggers seem to grow overnight when we get rain....
Quad Cities Plant Sales
Fri 27 Apr 2007 Attention Q-C peeps! The Times has listed the dates and times of plants sales around the Quad Cities area. Plant Sale Dates & Times Time to...
Plants “communicate”
Thu 12 Apr 2007 The heading is “Plants communicate when they’re attached”. Could this be a typo? I assume it would mean attacked? lol Otherwise it leads...

