This was the view from my kitchen this morning. I stood there with my mouth hanging open for a minute. I was expecting snow, a lot of snow, but the shock and awe of the first major snowfall is always breathtaking. It’s intimidating too because of all the work it takes to dig out of…

Visiting a Cottage Garden in Ohio brings back memories of my great-grandmother, Nanny, who grew many of these same beauties when I was child. Gardening is more fun when it’s shared with a friend. Especially if it’s one who is as obsessed as you are and loves the same unusual peculiarities of the plant world….

Pink and Yellow are the primary colors blooming in August in my NE Ohio cottage garden. I have no idea where August went but it flew right by before I remembered I hadn’t featured the garden blooms!  So here are some of my precious babies blooming their heart out for you from the beginning to…

We had a hit and run marauder at The Zest Quest this past month. He/She crept in and stole the top off my only sunflower and ate the branches and leaves off a few tomato plants but left the tomatoes. Of course, there isn’t much hope for a leafless, branch-less, stick-like tomato plant, even if…