Do you grow a winter garden? I didn’t use to, but I do now! Here in our Arizona climate, winter is the perfect time to grow lots of lettuce, sugar snap peas, Swiss chard, onions…but I’m getting ahead of myself. I just get so excited when all these green things
Category: Gardening
Everyone who has grown any type of garden, either vegetable or flower, knows that not everything we plant grows as it’s supposed to. Some plants that we gingerly place in the ground with high hopes wither away. Some seedlings overtake the garden and surprise us. Others pop up out of
So, even though I grew up in a family of talented gardeners, my green thumb comes with much effort and time put into learning. I started out being really good at planting, and then killing, whole gardens. It was so, so sad!!! The good news is that I am finally
Doesn’t today’s title sound like the Nancy Drew books we used to read as kids? Haha! Well, when I discovered this plant, I felt a little bit like I was in one for a moment! If you have been around here at PH@H for a length of time, you might
See that lettuce in the picture? I grew that! (Not the I am excited or anything.) When we plant a garden, we do so full of hopes and dreams of tiny green sprouting plants turning into a feast for our table. Well, at least, I do! I’m always so excited
When it’s winter, and outside our windows looks cold and dreary, I just itch to have a little bit of green in my life! (Ok, if the truth be told, I really want green plants, a nice warm cup of coffee, AND a fire in the fireplace.) I think plants
When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of quality time with my family. And not just my immediate family, but grandparents too! Many of them are, or were, avid gardeners. I have learned so much about gardening simply by observing them when I was a young child.