Gardening in My Rubber Boots

Dec 2

Holiday Gift Ideas for Gardeners

Since I put a lot of thought into my holiday ‘wish list’ this year, I thought I’d share it in case you missed something on your list.

1. Hunter Rubber Boots: http://usa.hunter-boot.com

2. Ethel Gloves: http://www.ethelgloves.com/

3. Bert’s Bees lotions, creams, lip balms and soaps. Love them all.

4. Magazine Subscriptions:

5. Gardening Books:

From the Ground Up by Amy Eureka
The New Low Maintenance Garden by Valerie Easton (Author) and Jacqueline M. Koch (Photographer)
For more garden book ideas, check out Gardening by the Book.

6. Rosies Workwear: http://www.rosiesworkwear.com/

7. RapidReel Hose Reel. We already have one in the front but need one for the back yard. Love it.

8. Hose/Nozzel/ Sprinkler Quick Connects: http://www.dripworksusa.com/store/hose.php (scroll down to Quick Connect Hose Fittings)

9. Nejiri Gama Hoe

10. Get our Soil Tested! Instead of asking for a soil testing kit, I’d rather have it sent to a lab for testing.

I’m sure I missed something good but don’t want to be too greedy. Enjoy.

Nov 26

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Saying Goodbye to Brownie

Well, since Brownie has decided to crow and crow and crow at all hours of the night, it’s time for him to move back to my mom’s farm in Omak. There he can crow his little heart out and not worry about waking up our neighbors. Nobody has complained or called the police. We just want to respect our neighbors and not give anyone an excuse to “ban” chickens or roosters in our town.

This was a very hard decision. We love this little guy and will miss him dearly. At least we can visit him at my mom’s.

We also felt we needed to get rid of one of our roosters since we currently have two hens and two roosters. This is hard on the hens. We really should have a better rooster to hen ratio. Since Brownie is crowing loudly and a lot, he helped us decide. Buttercup stays.

Tomorrow morning we’re putting Brownie in a pet carrier and driving him the four hours to my mom’s. There he’ll start his new life. My mom has promised that Brownie will get his own pen and two hens of his own – sounds like a good deal.

I bet he’s going to miss his buddy Buttercup – they grew up together and have been inseparable. Sad.

Nov 18

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My Front Yard Inspiration Picture

This is my inspiration picture for our front yard redesign. I ripped it out of a magazine, scanned it and added it to my phone’s picture library. I like how the path flows to the front door and the garden appears to flow through the pathway.

Nov 15

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What’s Blooming November 15

Here is what’s blooming, looks like a bloom or simply has a little color in my garden this month.

Nov 11

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Rooster Fun

Here’s a quick video of my roosters crowing. It appears the volume on this crazy camera isn’t working so you can’t actually hear them crow (Grrr). I thought you may enjoy seeing how big they’ve gotten anyway. To better visualize, just picture Brownie’s crow as your typical rooster crow. Then picture Buttercup’s crow as quiet and deep — not typical at all.