Rispon Avenue

Vegetable gardening has always been a challenge around our home. The garden always starts great. Hours go in to tilling and preparing the soil. Sore muscles are created when the rows are laid out. And plenty of money is spent seeding each and every row.
The first couple of weeks […]

There are some plants that no flower garden should be without. As far as I’m concerned, the daylily is at the top of the list. This is a flower that comes in a HUGE variety of shades, colors, forms, and sizes. It is drought tolerant, disease and deer resistant, and easy to […]

The air is getting a nip in it. The days are getting shorter. Fall is finally here. Most people who dabble in gardens will call it quits with the end of the summer season. Fall can offer some great treats for the garden.
Some of the best salads come from cold weather […]

We are a family of gardeners and it doesn’t help that we live on a large amount of acreage. Our garden is only as small as the tractor (driven by my father-in-law who does not consult with me) turns over. Last year it was a whopping 100 feet by 75 feet. […]

I am a true DIY girl. Paying someone else to do something I could eventually do myself just seems silly. But there are times when I have to give in and pay.
Plumbing is not something that I typically will try on my own. Although I have developed a good relationship with the […]

Drought is not known for being a good thing. It kills the crops, it kills the flowers, and it ruins the local swimming hole. Alabama was hit hard in 2007, and until the rain started to fall again, I never realized the benefits that came with a drought. We may have been […]