Entries by arizonaplantlady@gmail.com

Confessions from a ‘Plant Nerd’

I have a major confession to make…. I am a total ‘plant nerd’. When I mentioned that to my husband, he said “I already knew that” with a smile on his face. I came upon this revelation when we visited Disneyland last week.  I had my camera ready to take pictures of the kids enjoying […]

Guess Where I’ve Been?

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted for a few days (or maybe not 😉  I feel somewhat incomplete when I have gone more then three days without writing a blog post, but sometimes life gets a bit crazy or sometimes I go out of town. I went away for a few days to […]

Family Photographers on a Field Trip

Field trip I enjoy photographing the beauty that surrounds me, especially plants and landscapes. My youngest sister, is a very good photographer and her focus is usually people. And then there is my nephew, Kenny, (son of my other sister), who likes to photograph both nature and people. So what do you do with three […]

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The Gift of a Vegetable Garden: Part 2

In my last post, I undoubtedly left you hanging, wondering how the second part of our project ended (just kidding). What project is that?  Well, my siblings and I along with our families surprised my mother for her 70th birthday by building her a raised vegetable garden to go along with her existing one. I […]

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The Perfect Birthday Gift – A New Vegetable Garden

Have you been faced with the dilemma of what to give someone special for their birthday?  Well, the stakes are even higher when it is a ‘milestone’ birthday.  My siblings and I were faced with this very dilemma in deciding what to give our mother, (Pastor Farmer) of Double S Farms, for her 70th birthday. […]

Motherly Wisdom and Group Photo Shoot

Okay, I realize that I am terribly late when it comes to posting holiday photos.  But believe it or not, I am quite organized when it comes to other aspects of Christmas – especially shopping for gifts -I’m usually done in November 🙂 With an extended family as large as ours, it is hard to […]

An Icy “First” For Me…

One of my favorite summer places is a lake in the town of Williams, Arizona.  Every year, our entire family (grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins) make the 3 hour trip up to the mountains and stay for a week. Favorite Summer Places What many of us really like to do while we are up there […]

Double S Farms Winter Garden and Festivities

Okay, I know that I am terribly late in blogging about Christmas.  As a result, you will probably not be surprised that I didn’t get organized enough to send out Christmas cards this year either 😉 But, we did have a wonderful Christmas.  Much of Christmas day was spent at Double S Farms, where my […]

Winter and Bare Root Roses

‘Mr. Lincoln’ Hybrid Tea Rose I absolutely love roses. In fact, at one time I had over 40 different roses growing in my garden.  I planted them all myself (well, with my husband’s help). My love for roses is one of the things that pushed me into getting degree in horticulture. That was when we […]

Merry Christmas Cookies!

There comes a time every Christmas season, when all the gifts and bought and wrapped (I finished up my last knitting gift today 🙂  I have finally finished baking for Christmas, – Toffee Bars – that I make every year at Christmas – Sugar Cookies frosted with vanilla candy melts and a Peppermint Hershey’s Kiss […]