A.Valentine's Page

I have lived here in MO for 3 years now and last night as the rain was beating on the windows I started to miss the East Coast. Perhaps because it seemed like the weather on the Coast was so much more predictable. I didn't have a chance to start a big garden when I lived there, due to lack of time and moving around, but I don't remember fearing week to week what the weather would bring to my smallish garden. Continue

The rabbits are driving me crazy this winter. I know it is because of all the snow we have had and the lack of food but they have done quite a but of damage to my 5 foot tall burning bush. All the lower branches have chewed off. My knockout roses have been gnawed on too, but… Continue

Last year by this time we had a ton of bees buzzing around our garden. I have seen very few this year and it worries me. My cucumbers, squashes, etc. are not being pollinated and falling off. It looks like I will have to hand pollinate in the mornings :(
Anyone else having this problem?

I can't seem to go a week without planting something. I'm either given plants or I see a sale that I can't resist. Every time I get a new plant I say "no more this year", but I can't stop myself. Luckily when we bought our house it was a new construction with very little plants so that has allowed me to garden away, LOL.

I have been in China for two weeks now and while I am having a blast, I miss my dogs and my garden. I keep wandering how all my veggie plants are doing. I have a plant sitter but I still worry about them,lol.