A couple of weeks ago Duke Power Company left a note on my door saying they wanted to take down a dead tree in my front yard by the road for free, so it won’t fall on their lines. They assured me they would cut the wood up in pieces small enough that I can carry them to the back to the burn pile, and they would leave it all in a nice neat pile.
YEAH RIGHT!! Continue reading
Category Archives: plants/Garden in and out
Brood II Secadas (2013)
Well they really hyped up the emergence of billions of Secadas swarming the East Coast this Spring…but I have not seen a single one. I had some a few years ago and the noise from them is deafening but this year I haven’t heard a peep yet and this is supposed to be the big … Continue reading
Fig Tree Cutting
I want a fig tree. I don’t know why I want a fig tree, because all its going to do is attract those God awful deer in my yard once they know there is something to eat. I have been here for 5 years and I have yet to taste one of the peaches or … Continue reading
Better Luck This Year
I might have talked about this before…I am not sure…so if I have please pardon me for repeating. I have a problem and it is killing me. My inner child is a gardener but the real me? A serial plant murderer! I don’t do it on purpose, I swear I don’t, and I don’t know … Continue reading
Saving a Plant
Soooo my neighbor Louise had this Pony Tail Palm Tree in an interesting pot. She said she had it over 10 years. I always liked it. She used to call it her baby and just like a dotting mother she watered it and trimmed it and babied it. When she went in the nursing home … Continue reading