Guess who went plant shopping! Not me.... But, my mom did. She went to buy her fall vegetables at Baker's Nursery, which is a hugely popular nursery in Phoenix. Since I knew was going, she kindly offered to buy the remaining…

I love my job... I get to meet nice people who let me help them with their landscape.   Usually, they want help with plant suggestions, recommended maintenance and sometimes even which plants should be removed. Sometimes,…

decorating for fall Crafting Your Own Paper Mache Pumpkins for Fall: A DIY Guide Paper Mache pumpkins? Yes please. I love decorating for fall and so I always grow some pumpkins in my garden. But, I must admit that I also use a few…

Last week, as I walked out into the back garden, I noticed something that didn't look right with my a few of my yellow bell shrubs (Tecoma stans stans).    The photo, above, shows how they should normally look, however, last week,…

I have two vegetable gardens, just sitting there, ready to plant. my newest vegetable garden This was my newest vegetable garden, last February, just before I planted it. Just a couple of months later, it was full of growing…

My favorite season is fall.  What do I love about fall, you may ask? It's not the colorful leaves.... Autumn color in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina Now before you think I am crazy, let me explain... …

I must admit that it has taken me longer then I thought to get over the flu.  It must be my age, but it seems like getting over being sick just sucks out any energy I have. The other day, I walked by my son's room and noticed that he…

I like the word 'deluge'.  I think that it accurately describes what happened at our house a couple of weeks ago. So, why am I just now writing about it? Well, I must admit that I am keeping my head above water, so to speak 😉 …

Did you know that you can kill weeds with ingredients that you probably already have in your cupboard? Wouldn't it be great to be able to make your own 'natural' weed-killer that is organic and much cheaper then buying weed-killers? Well,…