Archive For The “My hands on gardening” Category

Weather for gardening

By | June 17, 2008

It’s summer, not officially yet, but I am already not into the weather.  The temps have been so far warm in the shade and in the sun, it’s hot.  Honestly, it has been quite okay so far with temps in the 50′s F in the mornings and on some nights we get free air-conditioning.  With [...]

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Pesky potion #9

By | July 2, 2007

I told DB about those pesky little bastards eating my lilies.  He said on our Channel 11 (KARE 11) Grow with KARE, they have an article on getting rid of pesky rabbits eating our plants.  So, DB made the concoction of two tablespoons each of cayenne pepper, chilie sauce (we used Sriracha chilie sauce) and [...]

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Stupid Rabbits!

By | June 30, 2007

The rabbits have been eating my lilies.  These lilies are situated on the far end of the backyard.  Look at what these suckers did to my lilies???   The rabbits ate all the leaves and flowers.  They are suppose to look like this!  Celaka!!! On a happier note, the lilies on the front yard are much [...]

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Surprise, surprise!

By | June 2, 2007

Thursday afternoon 3:05 p.m. after work, it was too hot to go for a walk. Instead, I brought my text book out “Essentials of Contemporary Management”. I flipped to the page I dog-eared and was started reading and “ding dong”. Followed by “rolf, rolf, roooolf”, and of course, I jumped. Each time the boys bark [...]

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Knew I forgot something…

By | June 2, 2007

Took some of these pictures last weekend but forgot to post them on my last post. That’s me and the boys plus the pain in the butt, Riley (the one with the collar). That’s the lilies, hostas and German sage plants outside our bedroom window at the front of the house. See those damn rocks?? [...]

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Busy Weekend Updates

By | June 1, 2007

Memorial Day weekend started off with babysitting Riley. This time we had to pick him up from his home in Savage on Friday afternoon. As usual, he was as hyperactive as ever. We had a shadow the entire weekend. However, I have to say he was much better than the first time he was with [...]

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Grow Dammit!

By | May 24, 2007

My gerberras I bought couple of weeks ago are growing. The five lily plants are still sitting on the patio waiting for me to transplant them . This is the strawberry plants I bought at Mernards 3 weeks ago. When I saw them in the store I was thinking to myself, “Hey, why don’t I [...]

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