Salpiglossis

I’ve always liked the annual Salpiglossis. Great blooms that shine out of the garden. I saw this one at Chicago Botanic Gardens last week and thought I’d share it with you.

Full feed or part feed?

So do you put out a part feed or a full feed? Full feeds let readers read the entire article in their reader. They don’t have to click to your site to get the rest of the article – it’s all in one place for them. Part feeds are intended to entice you to want [...]

The Princess says

That you have to be careful, very careful this week. I’ve started a diet and given up coffee. The caffeine burn was interesting although that seems to have disappeared tonight. But the desire for a bowl of vanilla ice cream and raspberries hasn’t gone anywhere. (insert huge sigh here) On the other hand, lose 40 [...]

It’s a tough job but

Somebody has to do it. Last weekend in Chicago was “interesting”. The fire alarm went off in the hotel at 3:30am ( a real fire) and we evacuated. An hour later you still couldn’t stand the plastic smell so we went and had breakfast (beat standing or sitting around outside) At 5:30 we got back [...]

Vegetable Gardening Interest on the Rise?

Sometimes I stick my head in the sand and watch the world go by and this is turning out to be one of those weeks. A quick trip to Chicago on the weekend was great but man, that’s a long 12-hour drive. Both Mayo and I were happy to get back on our ferry and [...]

I really like Chives

I really like species chives but my favorites are the ‘Profusion’ series that don’t self sow around the garden. Divide the clumps in the spring for easy new plants.

The Evil Gardener Strikes Back

Long, long ago in a garden far, far away an evil gardener imprisoned the entire population of the planted Birdseed. Putting them into very futuristic clear glass prisons, the evil gardener then fed them one by one to his evil minions, the flying creatures from the planet Avian. The sole purpose of this evil exercise [...]

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