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Grow Green Grass For Your Table
A couple of years ago was the first time I tried my hand at growing grass indoors for my dining table. That was in our former house, where we had a large bank of southern windows in that room that offered tons of great light for successful indoor grass growing…
But not in our new 100 year old home, our dining room here faces east, so we get lovely morning light, but not that direct full sun throughout the day. So here’s what I’m trying this year to get some grass growing in a container on my dining table: Read the rest of this entry
January is a Great Time to Plant Here!
Aha! Gotcha, right?
No, I didn’t move to the south… Yup, I’m still up here in the frigid, snow covered tundra of the Midwest. Ok, so maybe not exactly tundra… we have lots of beautiful hills, trees, rivers and lakes, but we did get our first snowfall back in November, before Thanksgiving. I do actually love how it looks outside. The beautiful white snow blanketing the landscape is gorgeous. But it is cold. You people in the south don’t even understand how cold it can be. I guarantee there will be no planting outside up here for several months. The ground is totally frozen and hard as a piece of granite. And right about now I think most of us up here are craving a little warmth.
Try to picture this with me right now…
Imagine yourself sitting in the garden on a balmy Spring day. The sun’s rays warming you… Can you feel it, can you almost smell the sweet soil beneath your feet? No? It is a little hard to remember right now, as the thermometer plummets below zero, that it can, and will one day again, be warm outside… Read the rest of this entry
