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Our Little Acre

Our Little Acre

http://ourlittleacre.blogspot.com

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 New Website and a Giveaway!

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 13:49 in books, blogging, product reviews, gardening by the book

    If you're a regular reader of this blog (thank you!), you know from time to time I post a review of a gardening-related book that I've read. My purpose in sharing these books with you is threefold:To bring your attention to a new publication To share...

  • Bren and Kylee On the Loose Again!

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 22:15 in holidays, blogging, children's garden

    In June, I traveled to near Bowling Green to visit my gardening and blogging friend, Bren of BG_Garden. We spent a delightful day just generally wreaking havoc in the gardening world and today she came my way so we could do it all over again. No buyi...

  • Better Than Pumpkin Pie

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 12:53 in recipes, vegetables

    It's that time of year again. The Jack-O'-Lanterns' lights have gone out and pumpkins can once again be used for their original purpose: making us fat. Okay, just kidding. Only we make us fat and pumpkins are great sources of Vitamin A and fiber.Eve...

  • Colchicums - The Other Fall Crocus

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 22:59 in bulbs

    When Mom and I first visited Schedel Arboretum and Gardens in the fall of 2007, we came upon a beautiful ground flower that resembled giant crocuses. We'd not seen any like them in person before, but I'd recently seen photos of and read about Colchic...

  • What\'s Wrong With My Plant? - A Book Review

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 00:32 in books, product reviews, garden problems

    What's Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?): A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remediesby David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth 452 pages Timber Press (December 2, 2009) List price: $24.95 I don't care how long you've been garden...

  • Pretty Pink Petunias

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 in annuals

    This past summer, Mom and I visited the trial gardens at Michigan State University. That was like walking through a candy store, with the colorful array of annuals in full bloom laid before us in strips like aisles in a floral supermarket. The though...

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5 stars miriam

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5 stars Robin Easton

This is a very elegant site with some wonderful nature photos as well as photos that tell a story of the their life. Well done.

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