by Heather | Jul 11, 2008 | Blog, gardening
I’ve mentioned before that my ground is rather more rocks than dirt, and what part is dirt, is mostly clay, so when I began looking into plans for landscaping, I realized digging down to plant was not going to work for me. For many reasons, people may have land that...
by Heather | Jul 10, 2008 | Blog
My good friend, Danyelle, is always getting tagged before me, and then sharing the joy. She is evil, but since she’s obviously dying to see all of the grubby details of my life, I decided to participate. lol After all, I needed an excuse not to rotate the...
by Heather | Jul 8, 2008 | Blog
Congratulations to Janice L who won a copy of Heaven Scent by Rebecca Talley. Everyone check back next week for a review and chance to win an advanced reader’s copy of J Scott Savage’s Farworld: Waterkeep, a great YA fantasy that is riveting from the first...
by Heather | Jul 7, 2008 | Blog, gardening
The grasshoppers are coming out at my house, and though my birds are chasing them like mad, they haven’t been able to keep them under control in the unlandscaped portions of my property—so we’re seeing some damage on my flowers and vegetables as well. At the same...
by Heather | Jul 4, 2008 | Blog, gardening, plants
Salvia officinalis, also known as common garden sage, is one of the standard herbs I always keep in my cupboard, and better yet, in my garden beds. It is a woody, low-growing shrub that is evergreen in most areas. It prefers a light, sandy soil that is alkalai. It...
by Heather | Jul 3, 2008 | Blog, chickens
I’ve been trying to incubate eggs for a few months now, and I posted a blog about it here. My incubator has two heavy plastic windows in the top, and I flipped it over when I pulled it off to turn my goose eggs and one of the windows popped out. unfortunately, I...
by Heather | Jul 3, 2008 | Blog, blog tour
Just a reminder that there’s only two more days to enter the contest for a free copy of Rebecca Talley’s Heaven Scent. Entries need to be submitted by Midnight on July 4th. For more information, read my review and the directions to be entered here.
by Heather | Jul 1, 2008 | Blog, writing goals, writing news
So my friend Tristi Pinkston has many blogs. I don’t know how she manages to keep up with them all, and her kids, and her writing, etc, etc, but she’s amazing (and she’s a dang awesome writer too). Anyway, on her blog Tristi’s Challenges,...
by Heather | Jun 30, 2008 | Blog, gardening, plants
Every summer my family takes a trip to Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border shortly after the Fourth of July, and we drive past a lavender farm about half an hour south of Provo. If I look out to my left, I see acre after acre of fragrant purple fields. It’s that time...
by Heather | Jun 27, 2008 | Blog, gardening, plants
Once you have a general landscaping plan in place and know where you want to put trees and garden beds, you still have to pick out specific plants. Trees are the backbone to any landscape. They add interest, provide welcome shade in the heat of summer, can help you...
