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With a focus on gardening in zone 5 and in general, this blog includes trivia, many photos, and the adventures that go along with trying to make a little corner of the world a bit prettier. And there are the eight cats, too...
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A Double Bogey Garden Bloggers\' Bloom Day
Each month, gardeners the world over celebrate the blooms in their gardens on the 15th. Two days late, I'm posting my meager offerings for December. Regardless of what was still in bloom two weeks ago, and even just one week ago, we're now down to th...
Still Blooming...
You've got to love it when fall spills over into winter. The local weathercasters told me today that November was the fifth warmest on record for our area.Yesterday's high was 53°. But tomorrow's is to be only 38° and snow flurries are predicted -...
Is This Really November?
It's ten days past Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and only one month until Christmas. Who would have ever thought so much would be blooming outside around here?An earlier commenter to this blog advised me to "squeeze as much out of fall as I could" and I...
What's Blooming in October?
It's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day once again and thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens, we get to see what's blooming in gardens around the world. Here at Our Little Acre, in Zone 5b, you might think the garden is finished with its color display, but n...
What\'s Blooming in October?
It's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day once again and thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens, we get to see what's blooming in gardens around the world. Here at Our Little Acre, in Zone 5b, you might think the garden is finished with its color display, but n...
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - September 2009
Just when I was ready to chop everything down due to the dry weather we've had all summer, we got a few days of rain. It's amazing what life-giving stuff that is! The garden responded quickly and fabulously and we're enjoying the blooms that are st...
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - August 2009
Whenever I get into any kind of conversation about gardens this summer, the one thing nearly everyone brings up and agrees on is this: it's been a strange summer weatherwise and the gardens are reflecting it. Mums blooming in July, annuals blooming l...
Boring Irises
Did that title draw you in? Did you think to yourself, "Irises, boring?? How can that be?" Well, it's not what you think. I love Irises and to me, they're anything but boring. I do like some better than others, but they each have their endearing ...
Blooms in July
I wasn't going to participate in Garden Bloggers Bloom Day this month, then I took a walk through my gardens with my camera hanging around my neck and there were some things just begging to be photographed. July always promises great color in the ga...
Garden Tour Preview
Our Little Acre had a visitor today. Janice, a Master Gardener from Van Wert, drove out to see the gardens. She's part of the group sponsoring the garden tour on August 9th, in which we have been asked to participate. Though she will be seeing our ga...
Green Thumb Sunday - Echinacea 'Tiki Torch'
It's been awhile since I've done a Green Thumb Sunday post, but this week, Echinacea 'Tiki Torch' burst into bloom and I just had to share. Orange just isn't my very favorite color in a flower, but 'Tiki Torch' clearly demonstrates that it depends o...
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - June 2009
Another month has passed and it's time for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Carol, of May Dreams Gardens, is the mastermind behind the parade of blooms from all over the world. You can visit her post to see a list of participating garden bloggers.As is us...
Paying Homage to Peonies and Irises
While I was visiting gardens in Chicago and Cleveland over the past few weeks, my own garden marched on, each flower having its own season. Already, both the irises and peonies have seen their best days and we're on to summer's flowers.Last weekend, ...
My Garden is Smokin' !
While in Chicago, we toured many gardens, several of which I have yet to report on (and I will). There were a few things in those gardens that garnered quite a bit of attention, such as the fabulous use of Alliums of all sorts, the hillside of poppie...
May I Show You Some May Flowers?
It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May and we're transitioning into summer. How did that happen so quickly? The garden is bursting at the seams with color. Not quite like it does in June and July, but it's kind of amazing how many things are bloomin...
April's In Bloom!
It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day once again, and finally we have real flowers blooming in the gardens outside! We've emerged from the depths of winter relatively unscathed, in spite of it coughing up its one final breath this week. Monday and Tuesday...
Geranium Confusium
So let's clear up this confusion about geraniums once and for all."What confusion?" you may ask. Geraniums are those flowers you see in planters on the patio at McDonald's and your grandma had them in her window boxes. They come in red, white, and ...
Love Those Hellebores!
Daffodils and Crocus and reticulated Iris seem to get all the glory this time of year. And for good reason! Those of us that are hungry for color have our appetites satiated by these old-time spring favorites. Even those that aren't into gardening...
First Bumblebee
It was a glorious day here in the northwestern corner of Ohio. With rain predicted later in the day, there were projects that needed some serious work time, and it was a true joy to be out there doing them. Dad came out to help Romie with the grape...
To Everything There Is a Season
It's April 1st already and I can't remember when we've had a March like the one we just had. Unless you count the flurries we saw swirling in the air on Sunday that melted the instant they hit the ground, we didn't have any snow the entire month. It ...
Focus on Crocus
First a howling blizzard woke us,Then the rain came down to soak us,And now before the eye can focus --Crocus.- Lilja RogersYou can also visit Our Little Acre directly on the blog website by clicking on either "Our Little Acre" at the top, or on the ...
Inside Blooms
While spring is rolling along on its merry little way outside, we've got some blooming loveliness inside, too! Inside and out, life is good. As I've mentioned before, I got a late start on potting up most of the Amaryllis, so that means later bloom...
Blinded By the Light
Got your sunglasses on?No?Go get them. I'll wait.Ready now?Crocus x luteusYou can also visit Our Little Acre directly on the blog website by clicking on either "Our Little Acre" at the top, or on the title of this blog entry. By clicking on the tit...
Fleurs du Jour
Every day brings a new bloom it seems. Just yesterday I commented that I didn't have any irises close to blooming. I know that Iris reticulata are the first to show, but I only noticed very recently that they were even a little bit out of the groun...
First Crocus and Other Things
First CrocusMarch 15, 2008It's as if they were waiting for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day to make their debut. Several days ago, I noticed the purple crocus (that I didn't plant) was showing color. This little clump (that I didn't plant) is the first t...
My Irish Garden
Facebook is famous (or infamous, depending on how you look at it) for their quizzes. They are quirky and a total waste of time. That doesn't stop me or thousands of others from taking them now and then, however. You can take a quiz that tells you ...
Kaffir Lily (Clivia miniata)
Clivia miniataIt's both Green Thumb Sunday and Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Oh, and the Ides of March, too. What a day! I haven't ventured outside just yet, to see what's blooming out there. I expect to find the first blooms of crocus and perhaps t...
Absolutely Amazing Awesome Amaryllis
Few words here - just photographs of the amaryllis (Hippeastrum) that have been blooming at Our Little Acre.'Rembrandt van Rijn''Solomon''Solomon''Limona''San Remo''Royal Velvet''Royal Velvet''Piquant''Grandeur''Blossom Peacock'A great book, with pho...
A Really Good Day
I've got Spring Fever. I and a few thousand of my closest Midwestern friends.The high temperature for today was 67°F and if that isn't impressive enough, consider that the low just three days ago was 8°F. Two days later, the temperature at 11:00 ...
Taking Delight in That Which Surrounds Me
There's still snow on the ground, outside my window. Bleah. The sun is shining though, and while it won't warm us enough to melt the snow, it's better than the usual gloomy gray skies of winter. And we're on the downside, with just 25 days until th...
