This year, I had planned to set up a pumpkin vine on some trellises that had nothing growing on them.  I love the huge green leaves and even bigger golden blossoms.  Pumpkins would just be a bonus!     I didn’t plan on the compost pile delivering me two huge packages of pumpkin seedlings!  One was moved…

Smoking issue I despise smoking. Smokers smell, they contribute to health hazards. In crowds, they make me smell in a manner that is most offensive when I get away from them; the odor hangs on and ruins my clothes, fouls my surroundings and belongings. (Wipe a wet cloth down the walls of the smoker home,…

For the second drought haunted season, our black walnut tree has outdone itself in production! There were probably 200 lbs of walnuts (in hull) on the ground. Walking between the upper end of the garden and the tree line was a treacherous project. Earlier, green apples had dropped to threaten, but they were cotton balls…

Boy, that rain has helped green things up. The ever determined surprise lilies are sending up their early greenery, the daffies are blooming and the tulips and irises are starting. One Forsythia close to the house has it’s golden flags flying. It’s been trimmed back pretty severely and isn’t what I’d like to see, but…