A beautiful Sunday: June 1 2025
Oh gosh, I’ve been absent! It was a very busy time for me, but I’m back. I had a wonderful Sunday. It started with a walk at the dog park with my poor old geriatric pooch, Zoey.…
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Mother’s Day - Family time and garden projects: May 10 2025
I had a truly awesome Mother’s Day, starting with a family brunch. Then my kids and future son-in-law helped me with some mulching, planting and cleaning my backyard pond. A busy…
My Actifit Report Card: May 10 2025
I have to say, I’m feeling pretty good about my property after two solid weeks of digging, raking, tidying, burning and — at last— planting. You’d think I was getting ready to…
Burnin’ down the house!
My friends, if you have been seeing my posts over the past few weeks, then you know I have been completely devoted to my yard and garden — not because it’s time to plant and get…
Gardening Projects Galore: May 4 2025
This weekend was all about the yard and garden! I don’t have a whole lot to show for it yet in terms of flowers and color because I’m still in winter cleanup mode (and until…
Another hoe down (gardening): April 29 2025
My fate for the coming weeks is sealed: I will be cleaning up from winter, burning debris, weeding, digging and planting. Fortunately I love it! And the side benefit is that…
The garden cleanup continues: April 27 2025
My backyard is a mess in the early spring! Once the snow melts and our first few rain and wind storms have blown through, it’s time to get out and clean up the remaining leaves…
Gardening day: April 26 2025
At last it was warm enough and dry enough to get out and work in the garden today. I’ll be hosting an outdoor event at my house in about a month, and the amount of yard and…
My afternoon as a landscaper: April 19 2025
These are my steps from Saturday, when I helped my sister with some gardening. It was a pretty nice day out. Our mission was to beautify the front of the house in preparation for…
Fall chores: November 17 2024
We are still in the wind-down of Autumn, here in Minnesota. My property is graced with many large trees, which is wonderful, but it also creates a lot of work. The trees must be…