greenputterer's Profile

Evergreens are my favorite trees, because they are green all year long. I love the sound of the wind in the branches. They provide nesting sites for birds, and protection from the elements.  I like to garden, eat fresh vegetables, can some produce, keep busy.  Wonderful husband. Slug terminator, and pest control manager.  Mother, grandmother, wife, and keeper of the garden.

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Caladiums and impatiens
I enjoy planting different combinations of flowers/plants just to see what everything will look like as it progresses over the summer.  Last summer, I planted some caladiums on the north side of the house and I like the look.  We are zone 3-4 here, s...

Peak of summer
Every year hubby and I find us discussing "where did the summer go again" while sitting on the patio enjoying the warmth of summer.  It's strange to enjoy the warmth, last night was 49 degrees again, after the heat of this past summer.  It was so hum...

Cold, cold and colder
Yes, that is the forecast...more cold. So there will be more days below zero in the coming weeks, not just the below zero nights.   I read where 49 of 50 states have snow.  I don't believe that happens every winter, so maybe we are all special this y...

Winter's slumbering mood.
If you look closely in the snow you will see the signs of rabbit tracks hip hopping across the snow.  We are deep into the slummbering days and nights of old man winter.  The temps have been hovering around 5-10 degrees some days and about 10-20 ...

Time marches on...
Oh January came in like a lion again this year. Blowing snow, temps below zero, ice storms before the snow...Oh Spring, where art thou?   Every year, around New Years, my heart tells me,  don't make resolutions you might not apply ~ Just be a...