Chris's Blog

A Rose By Any Other Name...

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:50:00 GMT

I saw the most wondrous sight this morning as I was ...

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The Ten Commandments of Gardening

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:07:00 GMT

I’ve asked a number of people why they garden and their answers ...

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Hi...I'm Chris and I am a gardening addict...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:17:00 GMT

A close friend recently told me that I'm a Dr. Phil intervention waiting to happen. I thought...how can this be? I'm not into gambling or drinking...

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Last trip to Lowe's...yeah...right!

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:08:00 GMT

Famous last words...I've made my last trip to Lowe's! As good as those words sound, I know all too well that I'll be back there...again...sometime next week. And why not...

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Whew...I'm tired...but tickled....

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:18:00 GMT

I love it when everything starts falling into place. After my run in with the rain dumping greenhouse roof this week...I started to wonder if life was just making fun of me...I learned the hard wa...

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H...E...Double Toothpicks....

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:14:00 GMT

That was just one of the many...many non-printable words that came flying out of my mouth this morning. I'm sure the sight I presented would have been comical to anyone looking on...it was a weekl...

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I found muscles I never knew I had....

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:35:00 GMT

My goodness, what a weekend this has been. Saturday morning I went to borrow my father-in-law's tiller to finally break ground in my garden. Whew! It is a monster 8.25 hp rear tine model...not o...

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Now I know how a steak bone feels when...

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:46:00 GMT

If you're a dog owner you'll understand the feeling I'm about to describe...You're sleeping peacefully...oh so peacefully...all snuggled up in the covers...you suddenly awaken to realize you're no ...

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I learned so much about myself today...

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:49:00 GMT

I should have seen the writing on the wall when my breakfast banana jumped out of my hand and landed in the dog's food bowl first thing this morning! I hadn't even had my first sip of coffee yet! S...

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Here's my new playhouse...

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:43:00 GMT

I finally posted a couple of pics of my greenhouse. It started raining so I had to shoot fast and get inside. Water and electronic stuff just don't mix well! I put them in my photo album along wit...

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I'm sooooo done...

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:58:00 GMT

When I woke up this morning and saw the sun shining I thought, "What a wonderful day to finish my greenhouse". Such a good idea on my part...it needed doing...it HAD to get done...and I was the onl...

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My Very Own Greenhouse

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:20:00 GMT

My husband, being the dear that he is, finally succumbed to my fixation of owning my own greenhouse. I'd tossed around ideas on what materials to use and how I would build it...I poured o...

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You know you've got it bad when.....

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:44:00 GMT

You know you've got it bad when you can't pass by the seeds at Lowe's without stopping to see if you've gotten all the varieties they offer for veggies! I found that out this past week. I've been...

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