Hanging flower basket Yep, it’s county fair time and I think I’m ready! This year I’m not so much into the cut flower thing as I am into my containers. Like many of you, I cut way back on my flower spending this year, but containers of any and all kinds are versatile and moveable. [...]
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12 Jul
What’s the Buzz?
I’m telling you, it is so nice to see summer arrive in the Upper Midwest I can hardly contain myself! The calf-high corn on the 4th of July has doubled in size in the last week or so. My perennials are gorgeous…I love perennials-even I can’t kill them! What is the garden buzz this month? [...]
4 Jun
Hello Chicago!
I promised my neighbor Dawn I would keep her updated this weekend. Hi Dawn! I’m here in Alsip where we are staying and dropping you a line! About 15 authors, our publisher, her husband, Shan and Bob met for supper down here. It was an evening of laughter, food (my favorite combination), and great anticipation [...]
24 May
Death of a Garden Hoe
I love the title of my first Olive Garden Mystery. When you have five street kids working at a garden center find a dead prostitute in an alley cleaved with a garden tool, Death of a Garden Hoe seems very apropos. Come to think of it, the story ain’t half-bad either! And look at [...]
25 Apr
Petal Pushers-Tulips
Ah, tulips! I love tulips. It’s the one bulb I can’t totally mess up. You should have seen this outdoor wedding I attended last Spring. My sister Fred planted one side of the aisle and I planted the other. While Fred’s tulip bed was packed with brilliant blooms,, mine were more than a little sporadic, and they looked [...]
19 Apr
Petal Pushers
Virginia bluebells are a herbaceous perennial that blooms in the spring, then disappears for the rest of the year. With pink buds and true pale blue flowers, this plant combines well with yellow daffodils and pink tulips for a spring show, and with other perennials to hide the spaces left behind when the bluebells go dormant. You [...]
29 Mar
Petal Pushers-Prepare for Spring
Happy Spring from Buzz Miller! I was so excited the snow melted until I saw what was underneath. Dead yuck, flowers stalks, hosta leaves, weeds, anything I didn’t clean up last Fall-which was pretty much everything-lay where I left it. Okay, so I made another mistake. I thought if I left the stuff lay in my flower [...]
