This week I’m taking a break from writing about gardening to tell about an experience I had recently picking up trash along the Missouri River.
Author: mywildgarden
Mid-August: what looks good now
August is a time of abundance for many gardeners, especially ones who planted zucchini.
Right plants, wrong place
It’s too hot outside to do anything but enjoy what’s working and plan for fall.
The pursuit of happiness
Sometimes it takes you away from the garden
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Last week I helped a friend move to her new apartment. The amount of stuff she’d accumulated after living in her house for twenty-one years was mind boggling. I kept thinking what things would be like if we moved. I hold onto things far too long, always have. I still have corsages from high school […]
Watering the garden, not the plants
Why rain is so much better for the garden than watering, peonies, and thank you, Kansas City Area Gardening Facebook Group
Gardening with dog
Something bad-ish happened in the garden this week.
Every day, without hope and without despair
Can you believe that just one week ago we were scurrying to save our plants from the freeze? Now that freeze feels like a lot of hype. We didn’t lose anything in our garden, except we probably won’t have blueberries, which the birds eat anyway. I suspect the fear of returning to dull, brown colorlessness […]
Winter’s return (and what to do about it)
The forecast is for snow. What will this mean for our spring? Should I turn my yard into a tent city? Is trying to save things worth the trouble?
Doing an environmental good deed
Planting the prairie plants I bought at the Burr Oak Nature Center plant sale last month. Trying to stick to plan. Using plant markers. Plus, a little guerilla gardening.