The ugly about gardening
Category: Urban Gardening
My Old Gal will live on and we can age together!
A few weeks ago I called a local arborist. It is not easy to find an arborist in the Quad Cities. Our Quad Cities is home to 5 cities “straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa-Illinois boundary, in the United States. The cities are Davenport + Bettendorf(Iowa), and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline (in…
Urban Potager/ Kitchen Garden is not asleep….we are harvesting while it snows today!
In the city, we have microclimates, and we can grow our food a bit longer than those that live out in the country. Our microclimates are created by our buildings since they shelter our growing areas keeping them a bit warmer than they would be out in a more rural area. They also provide opportunities…
Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder…we can start big or small with our own lot, but be inspired by those that do it in a BIG way…
I was at a Christmas party a year ago, and a man involved in an “urban renewal site” was at this gathering, I surprised him when I told him that I thought the Native Gardens at a former urban area were beautiful. He told me, “You are one of the few people who thought what…
Our Home is a landscape to the rest of our lives…
I was outside today playing catch with our dogs and thinking about how our outdoor spaces are different from what others in the past may of considered. On our urban city block, new neighbors are moving in since people are passing away and change is inevitable. I was out in my yard the other day…
Modern-Day Kitchen Garden 