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Gardening

Ménage à trois no more

September 11, 2009

In July, I told you with delight about a trio of birds who convene on my back porch. A pair of cardinals, and their sparrow friend have been my constant visitors at the bird feeder. The male cardinal seemed so tender and sweet to the females. He actually fed both of them. [...]

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Leaves Of Three — Let It Be!

July 26, 2009

Faster than Indiana Jones’ bullwhip, a long strand of poison ivy lashed out and wound itself around my leg; it dragged me to earth and hog-tied me and…
OK, I exaggerate a little bit — but not much. I was working in my garden pulling vines and brambles out of the flower beds. In [...]

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Just Call Me “Scissorhands”

July 14, 2009

Or you can just call me “Eddie.”
OK. I realize that these aren’t “scissors,” they are hedge trimmers. But, I feel as if I’ve been pruning a yard the size of a football field with a pair of scissors for years. Our old hedge trimmer was a piece of junk. It couldn’t [...]

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Doubled Mint

April 21, 2009

My Mamaw had a lush bed of spearmint planted outside of her kitchen door. If company were coming to visit, she grabbed her broom and went outside to “beat” the mint. Bruising the plants caused their scent to fill the air, and it drifted into the open windows to make the entire house [...]

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A Darned Good Feed Store. Only the Good Friday.

April 10, 2009

It’s really Good Friday, and not just because I say so! Easter weekend is here at last. For gardeners in Texas, that means we can finally feel comfortable about putting out our plants. Usually, there isn’t another freeze. Getting to plant means that I get to take a trip to my local [...]

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Getting Down And Dirty

March 26, 2009

I told my husband, “Whooee, baby! Let’s get down and dirty!”
He didn’t know I meant, “Let’s work in the garden.” His enthusiasm waned considerably when I handed him a rake. But, Mr. Tucker is a trooper, and he helped me clear out my flower beds.
I’m glad I had [...]

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Give What You Grow. Only The Good Friday

February 20, 2009

I enjoy fresh vegetables from the garden, don’t you? Bell peppers are my favorite things to grow, but I have to admit that the smell of a ripe, red tomato fresh from the vine is almost as wonderful as the smell of bacon frying in the pan.
Those washed out tomatoes you can [...]

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Make Like A Tree And Leave

December 30, 2008

Why do they call them “leaves?” The leaves at my house never do! Leave — that is. Not until I make them. No, as soon as they are ready each fall, they dive bomb into my yard and that’s pretty much where they stay. Some of them decide to settle [...]

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Only The Good

December 5, 2008

Have y’all ever gone down the aisles of your local Plants-R-Us store marveling at the luscious green beauties in those pots? Did you ever hear any of them call out to you, “Oooh! Pick me! Pick ME!“?
Neither have I.
What I hear, as the violets shrink away from me, is, “NOOOOO! Don’t let HER [...]

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Present: Tense, Past: Imperfect

October 12, 2008

I was the quintessential “Earth Mother.”
Did any of y’all go through a phase like that? I’ve been remembering those days long ago, as the television news warns me of dire economic times ahead.
It was the early 70s, and I had already missed my chance to be a “hippie.” In my conservative [...]

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Leave Well Enough Alone

October 1, 2008

I have discovered a reason never to trim another bush or tree in my yard. I think I can probably live with that, because it is NOT my favorite chore.
Today I decided to trim a bush that stands at the edge of my deck blocking the view of my yard. It’s a view [...]

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Only The Good. An Aloof Visitor.

August 27, 2007

I’m an early riser. In fact, I get up waaaay early. Part of that is just being a menopausal old broad, but mostly I get up early because I love the peace and quiet before the world gets going. What I mean by that, is before the teenager rocks the house with [...]

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Only The Good—Hummingbirds Bee-ware

July 24, 2007

Sometimes it’s hard to see the good in the world around us. Every time we turn on the television or pick up a newspaper, we get bombarded by news of war, crimes, accidents, hate, and destruction. We look at our checkbooks and see that money goes out faster than we can put it [...]

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Only The Good—The Unkempt Yard

July 16, 2007

I am savoring the last few moments before my youngest child returns to his home in San Francisco. The past several days have been a whirlwind of activity. I’ll tell you about some of the things I’ve done, and some of the things I’ve “learned” later in the week. None of the [...]

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Bits and Pieces

May 5, 2007

I haven’t been surfing through blogs this week in my usual fashion. For those of you I normally visit, know that I’m seeing you on RSS feed but I’m not usually taking time to comment. I’m hoping life gets back to normal next week.
Real Life has been cramping my style. [...]

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