tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-609132 2009-07-08T23:15:19-07:00 TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452d18969e2011570ece132970c 2009-07-08T23:15:19-07:00 2009-07-08T23:15:19-07:00

I’m a freak. We had our annual Forth of July party on Saturday. We have a lot of friends and neighbors over. Around 100 of them. This means days—sometime weeks—of preparation. Our party is held outside, of course. It’s hard...

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452d18969e201157092d170970c 2009-06-29T10:23:38-07:00 2009-06-29T10:23:38-07:00

This year I wanted to try shades of purple and lavender. Which is a change from my normal winter porch planter box. I wanted some trailing plants and some that weren’t. I wanted different plants with different sized and shaped...

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452d18969e201157076b15f970c 2009-06-27T00:05:12-07:00 2009-06-27T00:07:33-07:00

Last Saturday, a rattler bit my dog, Moondoggie. I didn’t see it happen, but I was there. I was taking her for a walk and I looked back and saw that she was holding her paw up and licking it....

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68415925 2009-06-23T12:22:25-07:00 2009-06-23T12:28:09-07:00

The pests in my garden have been out of hand this year. It’s kind of depressing. I am growing some strawberry pots filled with succulents but something has been eating large holes in my hens and chicks (Sempervivum tectorum). I...

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68230949 2009-06-17T22:56:18-07:00 2009-06-18T09:48:49-07:00

… is far better than a bird flying around your bedroom, scaring the hell out of you and landing on you husband’s sleeping head while you are trying to catch it in a terribly inadequate butterfly net while keeping your...

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68085329 2009-06-14T12:05:00-07:00 2009-06-14T12:05:00-07:00

Gardeners, as well as plant and nature lovers, can join Green Thumb Sunday every Sunday. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68075211 2009-06-13T14:36:37-07:00 2009-06-13T22:35:50-07:00

I went to Love Apple Farm today. My trip was very short because it was last minute and unannounced. I hope to return for a more in depth interview and tour sometime soon. While there, I did notice that Cynthia...

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67567819 2009-06-02T17:40:42-07:00 2009-06-02T22:16:43-07:00

It’s always a good feeling to do spring cleaning in the old garden. I think I mentioned before that my husband and I removed an old, icky, woodpile and a heap of broken concrete. We were concentrating on a part...

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67494125 2009-05-31T21:30:27-07:00 2009-06-02T22:21:47-07:00

My husband six months ago Today was the last straw. My husband actually told me that he was going on a bike ride. Now, you must understand that he hasn’t been on his bike since before we were married. I...

Chigiy Binell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67356661 2009-05-28T05:21:00-07:00 2009-05-28T05:21:00-07:00

Before the season passes, I thought I would share some photos of my columbine. They went rather crazy this year.

Chigiy Binell