This gigantic pumpkin plant grew in our backyard over the summer. These are “Accidental Pumpkins” because the grew from a decomposed pumpkin that the kids couldn’t lift all the way into the compost bin last fall. Yay! for “Accidental . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday: Accidental Pumpkins  For Mother’s Day (yes, I said Mother’s Day) I told my mom I’d do the containers at her place. She asked if I could wait until August because she and her siblings have an annual get together and this year she was hosting. We had a great weekend – shopping for plants one . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday – August 25, 2010  At the beginning of summer – which I define as when the kids get out of school – I made a “Summer Pledge“. My pledge, in a nutshell, was this: to engage with my family over the summer – embracing the opportunity to spend time with them – rather than waiting until schedules . . . → Read More: Fruits of Summer  Little green apples at my sister’s place in Virginia. And some grapes… And her Mimosa Tree (I’ll be honest – I had no idea they grew on trees. Guess what I want for my bday?) So do you suppose they squeeze the flowers to get . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday 7-28-10  Between the Foxglove and the Daisies… Woohoo! I have accomplished part one of my summer pledge! You’ll see one of my three little pumpkin plants (a ghost pumpkin – it’s white!) nestled in my flower garden between the floxglove, daisies, and columbine… Wow, I’m excited! Happy little pumpkin plant #2 is a . . . → Read More: Pumpkins are Planted! As a family, we have been trying to be more “green”. We have a compost bin in the corner of the back yard and we save kitchen scraps to toss in there. We recycle most all plastics and papers and have enough wine bottles to – uh – do lots of whatever . . . → Read More: Real GREEN Life |
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