by Flora Caputo | Aug 30, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
It is baffling to me why toy companies package their toys in industrial strength clam shells locked in with plastic washers and wire twist-ties. I don’t think even Houdini would be able to open some of these packages, let alone a small child. Not to mention the...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 5, 2009 | Gardening, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
My husband and daughter gave me the Easy-Bloom plant monitor for Mother’s Day, and I had not had the chance to try it out until this week. This is a little computerized monitor that has a very elegant design that you stick in the ground and it can either give...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 4, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Everyone asks me how I keep from killing off my plants with my stressful work schedule. The first thing I say is that I have a husband who helps – and that is the truth. If have to run out to an early morning meeting, he fits in the watering for me. SO that in itself...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 29, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
I have used lots of products over the years to ward off disease and insects in the garden. One of my concerns has always been the bad chemicals that I was using with having a small child running around. The other issue is just effectiveness, or lack there of. My roses...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 10, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Old house, Sun garden I embarked on my gardening journey over ten years ago in our old house. For a chicago lot, it was a very large yard (and a very small house). The yard was a disaster when we inherited it. Two, “kujo-like” dogs had created large dirt...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 10, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
So last year I explained my issues in the shade garden with the landscape liner. I am so happy to report that my shade garden is doing wonderfully. A lot of plants that I did not think were going to make it ended up coming back in full force. A year without the...
