This summer season I had my flower gardens planted before Memorial Day. And this morning I redid some of them.

Removed the blue and pink wildflowers (which weren’t supposed to be here in the first place) and the jumbo yellowish

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It was on a whim – well, maybe at the suggestion of one of the flower stands’ employees – that I bought four cauliflower and four broccoli plants for this year’s garden. Then I went home and studied the internet

 … finish reading Cauliflower and Broccoli

It’s past the middle of May and Memorial Day Weekend is in sight. Where I live it’s now considered safe to plant one’s gardens, although the farmers have been planting for some time. Perhaps wheat and soybeans are hardier than

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The weather forecast has dictated my recent activities regarding my gardens. If it’s warm, but not hot and with little wind, I cancel other projects to dig in the dirt.

Spring is early this year; usually I don’t even consider

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Yes, I try to blog every day; but I don’t always make it. Yes, I feel guilty when I miss a day. But, at my age, not so guilty that I beat myself up about it. No, there is never … finish reading Answers to Your Questions

I’ve been in the gardens, and there’s a ton of work to be done. But there’s nothing like the warm sun on your back, little wind in the air, and soil that is ready to give up its weeds to

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Yesterday M, the host for our vacation, and I went to the Naples Botanical Garden, while Earl stayed home and had the condo to himself. We all had a great time.

The Naples Botanical Garden, started in 1993, is

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