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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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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park - A Summer Visit
Now we are truly in winter mode in our gardens, which to us northern gardeners means we look back fondly on summer and forward to spring. One thing I also like to do is remember the fabulous gardens I've been fortunate to visit during the past year. ...
Our Little Acre Has Visitors!
We've whined and grumbled about the weather this summer, which we actually do most summers, but this year seems to have been especially strange and bothersome for those of us who garden. Not enough rain for the third summer in a row, and this year, ...
2009 Master Gardeners Garden Walk
Today's the day! When we were asked to open our gardens to the public for the Van Wert County Master Gardeners Garden Walk this year, August 9th seemed a long way off. But as summers often do, this one flew right by and now it is upon us.Friday nig...
Come See Our Little Acre!
Last year, I was asked by the Van Wert Area Master Gardeners if we would open our gardens and share them with the public. After a little thought, I agreed, and now the time for the walk is here! This Sunday, August 9th, from 12:00 - 5:30, Our Litt...
Schedel Revisited
It was a nice day on Sunday. Perfect for taking a stroll through a garden. So we picked up Adam and Kara and headed north to Schedel Arboretum and Gardens. It was my second visit there this summer, but it was the first time for both Kara and Adam ...
Garden Crossings & Walters Gardens
After a quick breakfast at our hotel, we headed northwest to just outside Zeeland, where Garden Crossings garden center is located. I'd long admired their plants online though I'd not yet ordered from them. They send out a great newsletter and from ...
Michigan State University Gardens
Up the road from Hidden Lake Gardens, is Michigan State University in East Lansing. In my next life, I'm going to attend MSU and major in Horticulture. It's clear just by walking through the campus that growing things is a Very Big Deal there. Mic...
Hidden Lake Gardens
Mom and I took to the road again. Mom's friend Sue joined us on this expedition to Michigan, where we spent two days touring several gardens that I'd not seen before, as well as a garden center I'd wanted to visit for quite some time. Our first stop...
Garfield Park Conservatory - Chicago
Who loves a garden, loves a green-house tooUnconscious of a less propitious climeThere blooms exotic beauty, warm and snugWhile the winds whistle and the snows descend.~William CowperThe Task1785 It occurred to me the other night that I'd not yet f...
Two Ohio Gardeners
For some time now, I have enjoyed reading one of the most beautiful garden blogs on the internet. BG Garden Blog, authored by Brenda, not only is located in the same zone as Our Little Acre, but is also just a short hour and a half drive away. Yeste...
Ginkgo Organic Gardens - Chicago
I can faintly remember a community garden of sorts in my hometown (population 180) when I was growing up. It was an area just north of the ball diamond on the edge of town where people who lived in town could grow things. Practically everyone who l...
Ohhh...the Lily Pool
For some reason, from the first time I heard about Alfred Caldwell's Lily Pool, I wanted to see it. If I'd gone home from Spring Fling and didn't get there, I knew I'd regret it. I'm not sure why I was so hell-bent on getting to see this place that...
Chicago's Lincoln Park Conservatory
Yes, I'm still blogging about Spring Fling. I know I'm a procrastinator extraordinaire, but the fact that I've still got a few posts to go before I'm finished reporting on Spring Fling should be evidence that we spent an action-packed three days in t...
There's a Sweet Home & Garden in Chicago
The title of this blog post pretty much tells the story. While in Chicago for Spring Fling, we garden bloggers were fortunate to get to see Carolyn Choi's beautiful home and garden. She's the author of the popular Sweet Home & Garden Chicago, on...
Who Is Rick Bayless Anyway?
At the risk of sounding stupid and/or shocking the culinary world (Chicago's corner of it anyway), I'd never heard of Rick Bayless before this year's Spring Fling. I googled him and learned that he has won more awards than you can shake a stick at fo...
Spring Fling Garden Party Giveaway!
"I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends...When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name."~ Ricky NelsonWhat a feeling, walking into a room full of friends you've never met. Mom and I were there at the reception for the Spri...
The Lurie Garden in Millennium Park - Chicago
We won't go into the difficulty we had finding the parking garage for our hotel, Club Quarters on Adams, but it was enough to make us miss the guided tour of The Lurie Garden with the rest of the garden bloggers. We had our GPSr, which was helpful i...
Spring Fling Chicago 2009
Just how do I even begin to tell you what a grand three days Mom and I had in Chicago with 50 other garden bloggers over the past weekend? It was all I expected, and then some. So many wonderful things to see and do and great people to see and do i...
Schedel Arboretum and Gardens - 2009 Style
My new favorite hotel is Residence Inn. When we arrived at the Westlake location at the end of the first day of our Cleveland trip, they were in the middle of Social Hour. Cheeses and crackers, fresh veggies and dip, two kinds of tortilla chips with ...
Road Trip to Cleveland
Mom and her friends were going to Cleveland and one of the friends couldn't go. She asked me if I wanted to go, and since Mom has great friends and I know they always have a good time, of course I said yes. We were headed to the Cleveland Botanical G...
2009 Spring Fling in Chicago
I love Chicago. I love gardening. I love blogging. So how do you think I feel about going to Chicago May 29-31 for Spring Fling to spend the weekend with garden bloggers from all over the country? I'm EXCITED! There's a full schedule planned, vis...
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Estates - Ft. Myers, Florida
"Be courageous! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation.... Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward." ~ Thomas Alva Edison ~Thomas Edison was ...
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas...
...my true love gave to me...a trip to the Conservatoreeeeee! (Sing it real fast and it works.) What better way to spend a foggy, damp, cold afternoon than to escape to one of my favorite places, especially in winter. We try to make a few trips th...
