A Secret Garden
Amongst the terraced olive groves, pine-forested hills, and craggy rock outcrops of my childhood, I had many choice “secret gardens” to which I retreated to read or just be alone. Alone-time was quite scarce in our bustling home.
Homemade Weed Killer
If you follow my gardening tips every other Friday, you know that I’m an advocate of prying out and pulling up weeds by hand, and I’ve promoted specific tools to get the job done efficiently.
Transformation
One good thing that has come out of our pandemic lockdown is that many more people have discovered gardening since they’ve been forced to slow down and stay home.
July Garden Checklist for this Record-Breaking Heat
We’ve been breaking one heat record after another in Texas this summer starting was back in May. It seemed like we skipped spring altogether!
Why Dragonflies?
Did you know that one dragon fly can eat 100 mosquitoes a day?
Grandpa’s Weeder
I was feeling anxious and teary-eyed about family stuff. So, I headed out to the backyard to do some weeding.