Archives for: September 2008

Gardener in the works

by Michelle Email

What to do? The little gardener is growing up so fast that she has only traces of that little baby face left. She dutifully repeated me as I declared, Flower! = Faw-wah! Purple! = Poopool! Leaf! = Weaf! Green! = Geen! All Done = ________… more »

We gotta talk

by Michelle Email

I love the new software. One of the things I like best about it is it's comprehensive tracking features built right into the back end. No more visiting the cpanel! Interestingly this is also the place I found out where some of my more interesting traffic… more »

Damage done

by Michelle Email

I ventured out a few days ago and this is what I found. It's certainly damaged although I didn't pull it all out like maybe I should have. Part of me still has hope that bent doesn't necessarily mean broken. Is it too much to ask for just enough popcorn… more »

Yarr! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

by Michelle Email

The Littlest Watermelon

by Michelle Email

Oh dear. I don't know how to feel about this at all. This little watermelon is so spunky, so doggedly determined and yet, really so completely doomed. How could it possibly grow, ripen and mature before the first frost? I'm so torn between happiness and… more »

Popcorn: A backyard success story

by Michelle Email

This year the garden has been a wreck. It is little and cold comfort that the neighbors are in the same boat. I remember last year thinking how beautiful and bountiful the garden was and how I hoped it wasn't a fluke. And while I do not believe that we a… more »

It's a whole new blog!

by Michelle Email

Grandpas Garden has gotten some new digs. I moved it from Wordpress to b2evolution and I couldn't be happier. For you guys that means that you've got better searching capabilities as well as a TON of other stuff. You don't have to do anything special, th… more »

Sedum flowers . . . still in a bucket

by Michelle Email

Three months ago I received the gracious gift of free sedums. My neighbor brought over a bucket of them. This being my summer of complete garden screw up, the sedums are still in their bucket over by the flowerbed where they are hopefully going to be pla… more »

Teeny Tomatoes

by Michelle Email

My tomatoes for the most part have been a total failure this year. I was happy to learn from a neighbor that tomatoes in general have been doing poorly. This was backed up by the fact that I've had no less than a dozen people ask me if I have had extra t… more »