POSTED BY KIM — I do a lot of digging in my yard. I install plants. I move plants. I move plants again. Dig dig dig. And over the years, I’ve unearthed some pretty interesting things. The quartz thing in the picture above was found in the bed by my front door. I was removing [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Goofy!’
November 3, 2009
For gardeners with money to burn: The time-lapse video camera
POSTED BY KIM — My husband sent me this link some time ago, and I return to it occasionly when I consider how I would spend any money I win in the lottery (note: I don’t buy lottery tickets, so I assume I will find the winning ticket on the ground or something — I [...]
October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween
POSTED BY KIM — Happy Halloween everyone! It’s a great day because the sun is shining and I will be nice and dry as I try to keep up with the kids tonight as we trick-or-treat.
Here are some pics of my very scary fairy garden. It doesn’t look that different from last year — I [...]
October 30, 2009
A hummingbird feeder FOR YOUR FACE
POSTED BY KIM — I am not making this up.
Thanks to www.cuteoverload.com, a site dedicated to all things animal and cute, I was alerted to a new product called “The Wearable Hummingbird Feeder.”
This is a hummingbird HELMET — it goes on your head and covers your face and attracts hummingbirds to feed at a spot [...]
October 7, 2009
Butterflies in the kitchen
POSTED BY KIM — Interesting things are always going on at my little house. I have two crazy kids, two crazy cats, two (new) dwarf hamsters, and butterflies in the kitchen. (Not to mention my husband — don’t get me started!
Every year my kids and I collect Monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars from [...]
September 22, 2009
Introducing the Sugar Creek Gardens Action Figure
POSTED BY KIM — I was talking to my 10-year-old son, Cameron, at bedtime this evening, and he told me he thought Sugar Creek should have its own action figures. After we finished laughing, he gave me all the details:
Each action figure will come accompanied with a specialized “utility belt,” which will include a small box of Sugar [...]
July 14, 2009
Weirder Cucumbers
POSTED BY CALEB – Okay, if you thought last week’s cucumbers were weird, wait ’til you take a look at these pics which I shot this afternoon.
What are they? Not some sort of horny sea creature, but ornamental cucumbers I grew from a 49-cent packet of seeds. No wonder the Biblical prophet Isaiah spoke of a forgotten place [...]
