Pale pink flowers, somewhat sparse in its foliage but delicately beautiful. Location: Southeastern Iowa. 

Just spotted this tshirt online.

6 raised beds (8 by 4) built and planted. One is just raked up soil with no solid sides, the others are made from 2by6 wood. Bed 1 Sugar snap peas via seed, purchased lettuce and broccoli starts Bed 1A (future path space) purchased brussel sprout starts Bed 2 All seeds, fava beans, turnips, beets [...]

I was wondering if anyone ever planted radish seeds around their broccoli/cabbage/cauliflour plants before and allowed them to flower for pest control. I read that once in a book, can’t remember which one though, and was wondering if anyone here actually tried it with any luck. I do have my seedlings planted and did plant [...]

I’m intrigued by loofah gourds.  I have been reading up on them throughout the day and I have been having visions of Christmas presents dancing in my head. There’s a ton of women between my family and my husband’s and salt scrub + Loofah sets would be crazy cheap to make for everyone this year. [...]

The bed after we started the big cleanup. After being on the waiting list for about 18 months I’m finally renting this 5′x10′ raised bed from the county Parks & Rec for $15 a year. I was so psyched to get in there and start cleanup that I forgot to photo the state of the [...]

I decided this year to challenge myself into growing . . . veggies!  From seed no less! So far, I have three kinds of tomatoes (beefsteak, sweetie, and roma), cilantro, parsley, oregano , sweet peppers, New Mexico hot peppers, some mystery super spicy peppers, and a few Oregon sugar peas. So far, all my tomatoes [...]

…what the hell. Moved back in with my parents recently due to lack of funds, BUT! It did give me a great chance to redecorate my living space! Where I keep my purse (And, often, my keys) My closet, with WAY too many things in it, along with tomorrow’s photoshoot dress. The dresser, filled with [...]

Last year was our first year in our new home. We were lucky enough to find a yard that had a ton of existing things that I’d always wanted to grow. Raspberries, peaches, plums, two types of cherries and two types of grapes! Last year the raspberries were AMAZING. not a lot of maintenance to [...]

After this morning’s excitement of discovering a rose thought dead was actually not, I figured this day couldn’t get much better. That was before the UPS man arrived with the Jackson & Perkins tree rose I ordered about six weeks ago. (It’s called Fragrant Cloud.) I wasn’t overly pleased with the shipping time. The website [...]