gardening

Fall Foliage

by Heligirl on November 3, 2012

in Daily Ramblings

We don’t have a lot of fall foliage here in the Pacific Northwest the way the do in the Northeast. After all, we are the Evergreen State, right? But there are those collections of trees (mostly man planted) that can give the fall color I love. Last fall I broke down and put some of […]

Ladybugs

by Heligirl on July 25, 2012

in Beyond Mommyhood

I suddenly noticed an aphid problem with my roses. Not wanting to get chemicals, I did the good green thing and bought a little tub of ladybugs. Yup, you can buy a hundred or so at the local hardware store. The instructions said water the garden then let them go into the base of the […]