My friend told me a coyote story. She was out walking her dog and decided to take a shortcut through the neighborhood schoolyard to look at some benches the kids had painted as a school project. About half way across the soccer field she noticed something out of place and turned to get a good […]
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A Cold Wet Spring
This year we have had unusual weather, even for Wisconsin. It has been unseasonably cold with a lot of rain. This in turn has caused all of the spring flowers and trees to be behind schedule. We are at the Memorial Day weekend and I am still concerned about planting out tender annuals. The bright […]
A garden at last
I am an artist/graphic designer and a frustrated gardener who for many years lived in apartments in Milwaukee and then in a duplex with a small shady yard. When my husband and I went hunting for a single family home, I was charmed not so much by the house we chose, but by the large […]