Maybelline's Garden

In the garden, one day your are “in” and the next day you are “out”.  Most of the corn has been cleared out of the garden to make way for wi...

courtesy botanical.com I’ve never grown ginger before and don’t really know if zone 9 in Bakersfield, California is a successful area to cu...

Is eating corn bad for dogs?  Not the cobs…the plant.  Ajax enjoys shredding the leaves.  I don’t think he actually eats the leaves.  He sh...

There are sunflowers in the garden this summer.  They have thrived in the summer sun and are now heavy with heads full of seeds.  Moonflower...

This summer, two beds were planted in the 3 Sisters method of gardening.  Corn, squash, and beans are those three sisters.  Golden Bantam Y...

The sunflowers are now so heavy their heads are hanging down all day long.  It seems they are also bowing to the power of the sun.  The stro...

She’s baaaaack.  I will believe that this is the same mama dove that built a lame nest on the other side of the beams a few weeks ago.  Why?...

Well, here comes fall planting.  It’s still hot enough for swamp pants.  It’ll be that way through October.  The seeds need to get in now th...

I think that Aunt Bea from the Andy Griffith Show is a great role model on how to age comfortably.  She was not fussy really.  No hair dye. ...

Settle down. Take it easy. It’s not what you think. Honestly. Did you think… Never mind. There’s some real, live bean eaters in the ga...