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Had my 30 minutes of exercise finishing moving soil away from the replacement path wall. I still have to locate whatever boards are available, cut and set them in place. Learned that descending steps causes pain in my right knee by walking down the backsteps and down to the path between beds...

And, they make spectacular additions to bouquets, @Branching Out ! More subdued is blue cornflower but, probably the best choice for the garden is the annual. The wild type may be available in your neighborhood if you want to forage for bouquet choices. Filling in some gaps in a perennial...

I did good on the sleep schedule, last night :). Blue berry pancakes and an orange finished – I'm on to the herbal tea and should be off to the kitchen for a little more. Hobbling. I remember not one moment when my garden work this week included any twinge or thought about injury to my right...

Well Marie, i made it to the 30% mark. The first question outta the box stayed with me (see above ;)). The remaining questions outta the box might wait until sunrise –– altho that half Moon is shining very brightly in the southern sky. Question: the Moon is generally further south during the...

A very unpleasant day outdoors, yesterday. Wind gusts above 55mph at midday. Rain fell intermittently throughout the day, with only about 1/4 of an inch but it came down horizontal with all the wind. At yesterday's sunrise, 36⁰f (2⁰C) and made it up to 49⁰f (9⁰C) during the afternoon. The...

Fuzzi, I hope you will find comfort in your garden and being here in The Easy Garden. Gardens require attention and care. Along with those practical concerns, there are the gardening returns of value including the pleasure of seeing your garden grow while, hopefully, enjoying it every minute...

just as well ...

In fashion world, I recently read, there's an idea going around that everyone looks good in lime green. Maybe so!

Peppers are a problem for me and have required some compromises. It probably all has to do with temperatures but there is a little complexity surrounding this and a part of that, of course, is taste. Fortunately, DW and I have similar tolerance/appreciation for heat. Jalapeño heat fits well for...

Trying to prepare  rested for the day, after my breakfast :). Easier today after being horizontal for 8 hours. Not so yesterday when I was up at 1:30. Fell asleep after breakfast then for a 90 minute nap and had a difficult time gathering enough energy to fix myself a 2nd breakfast with coffee 4...

Yesterday, I pruned the front yard clematis vine. The rambling rose also had another pruning; maybe, I am finished with it but it has to be out of the way of a paint job on that backyard gate. The gate has some problems on the non-rose side. A long horizontal and a short vertical board should be...