March 2010

Gardens in New Orleans

by Beca March 26, 2010

Tweet My mom, sister, brother, husband and I traveled to New Orleans on our way to see our mother’s home town in Louisiana. These are pictures of two gardens we walked through on March 19, 2010. It’s hard to tell that they are recovering from Hurricane Katrina because everything was so beautiful. I took pictures [...]

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Bees for spring ..

by Beca March 13, 2010

Tweet Bees Bees are a necessity in our gardens and although we are familiar with Honey Bees and Bumbles Bees, there 100’s of different kinds of bees. In the spring, Bumble Bees pollinate most flowers in the spring; they wear that “fur coat” after all and therefore are more tolerant of the cold. On a [...]

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Attracting birds and butterflies

by Beca March 12, 2010

Tweet Check out Duncraft – they are also running a special.Bird Supplies – every kind you can imagine .. and even some you can’t! Gardener’s Supply is running a cool special that last’s until April 15th (a deadline date if I ever heard one). So why not use their special to get some of those [...]

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Heirloom Tomatoes … future salsa… yum..

by Beca March 11, 2010

Tweet Here in northeast Ohio, the days are getting warmer and as I stare out at the mud in our yard, I am visualizing gardens of all kinds. Today I am venturing out into the yard to cut back the grasses, clean the birdbath, and hang at least one hose so I can clean the [...]

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Give those birds a home!

by Beca March 8, 2010

Tweet Good Monday morning! Over the weekend the birds in my yard appear to have gone to a bird convention. The suet feeder and the sunflower feeder are mostly vacant where last week there were all kinds of birds sharing food, dropping food, and waiting in waiting in line for more food. Perhaps they are [...]

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