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Over the weekend we celebrated my Papa’s 80th Birthday!!!! I love family parties!!!!!!!!!!!!! While we were all together, we celebrated my husband’s and brother’s birthday and my sister’s engagement!  It was so nice to see everyone.  Getting together with my family is one of my FAVORITE things to do in the whole world. I am the oldest of 11 children.  That’s right, 11! Here is a picture of all of ...

The herb bed is springing to life thanks to the beautiful sunny and warmer weather. I am excited to see good initial growth since the herb bed was put in just last year. The herbs will be transfered to pots for the move. I posted a picture of the thyme that is looking quite good a few days ago. A few days ago I noticed good growth in the oregano and chives.OreganoOregano is one of my ...

First RobinMarch 24, 2010A few days ago I spotted the first robin of 2010. That's a sure sign of nicer weather to come so now it's time to get excited. Spring is always a fun time of the year in the garden. This one will be just a little bittersweet with the upcoming move. I'm sure everything will work out well and I'll be able to report not only on this garden until we move but the new ...

Yesterday I wrote about the reasons why electronic bug zappers should not be used in the yard or garden for insect control. One of the biggest problems with these devices is the do not distinguish between harmful and beneficial insects. In one evening they can easily kill 10,000 insects effectively destroying the balance in your yard. Less insects mean less insect predators giving other more ...

While the weather is still cool soon it will be time to consider insect control for those pesky insects like mosquitoes and the damaging insects in the garden. In many urban residential areas folks turn to using an electric bug zapper. The premise is the insects are drawn towards the light then are electrocuted effectively serving as insect control. However, bug zappers are one of the worst ...

This week we celebrated my husband’s birthday!  I just had to show you how I set the table.  To be honest with you,  I never set our table with this much stuff on it and I had total blast!!!!  It could be that I just got all new dishes from my mother-in-law.  That is a great story that I will tell you about soon.  Anyway here is some pictures.  Sorry about the lighting, I didn’t know ...