Donna Young

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Early today and last night, we had storms and a lot of rain. After the rain stopped, I went outside. I just can’t stay inside this time of year, so I was out the door as soon as it stopped.
I took a walk in the yard, but I broke one important rule that I made [...]

This is just an update on the in-ground seed flat that I showed a photograph of in the first garden entry for this season, and in that entry, I wrote brief instructions to make an in-ground seed flat.
In the flat, I planted these seeds:

Zinnia, Giant, Scarlet Flame
Milkweed (thanks Michelle)
Sweet Basil
Catnip
Sweet Marjoram
German Chamomile
Lemon Balm

I planted the [...]

Today I had flowers on my mind. If my digital camera worked with batteries, this post would have looked different. I would have posted a few images of the wild flowers, aka, weeds that are blooming in my yard. I collected a few flowers to press.
I did not press any dandelions. Dandelions are usually the [...]

The summer was very dry in this part of the southeast corner of Tennessee. Most of Tennessee was in drought, and really, large parts of the south had severe drought this summer. Here, milk is over $5 a gallon because of the drought and this area is still in drought.
I’m not complaining. I watered the [...]

One day in the recent past, something like over a week ago, I noticed that the little animals in the area had consumed every ripe sunflower seed that inhabited my little speck of earth that I fondly call garden. It just meant more work for me and getting it done sooner was better.
One evening, four [...]