Though these vines drive me crazy, they are sweet when they flower. A little photoshopping made a picture I'm swooning over. I'll have to rip these out today though, before they go to seed. Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in ever… more »

This is a baby watermelon. The watermelon seedlings that Cooper planted way back when have begun to create tiny watermelons. Everywhere. Should I be excited or heartbroken? I haven't told him because I'm pretty sure it's too late for them to grow. Bugger… more »

A sweet summer success, my little, well behaved flower bed.     Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in every Sunday. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. more »

Okay, I know I'm in Illinois but I'm from Iowa so I still get to sing the song. I never mentioned the popcorn because honestly, I was pretty sure you couldn't grow popcorn from Orville Reddenbocker popcorn you buy at the store I figured it was irradiated… more »

Lovely Lantana, still blooming away!     Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in every Sunday. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. more »

So, I'm working on this hermit crab nutrition website. Like, all the time. Well, "all the time" is kind of completely wrong when I write it out like that. Let me try it again. So, I'm working on this hermit crab website in 2-3 minute stretches when some… more »

Good golly miss molly! Where have I been? I've been pouring my heart and every second of my free time into my hermit crab nutrition website. If you'd like to check it out, go here. I'll be back in a day or two, I promise, the superstructure is finally… more »

My garden has been getting me a little down lately although there has been one success I'll be blogging about shortly. This really bummed me out though. I refused to highlight the offenders in this blog and instead focused on the victims, these poor ros… more »