Mother Earth's Garden

The weather was fairly nice yesterday (Saturday) here in Ohio. I was out working in the yard and garden Friday and Saturday. We even saw some blue skies and sunshine for a few moments. The grass is looking greener, my daffodils are budding, the pussy willow is looking quite festive, and my rhubarb is peeking through the mulch. I get so excited this time of year (remind me in July, I like warm weather).
Check out my weekend pics.
Here’s the rhubarb poking out of the ground, I’m already planning the rhubarb-strawberry pie.

I couldn’t resist taking a shot of the pussy willow …read more

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You can join millions of others turning off their lights for one hour, March 29th. Our power was out for 2 days after the ice storm earlier this month, we made it through that so one hour should be fun.
5 things to do while the lights are out
1. Talk about ideas you and your family can implement to help conserve energy.
2. Play a board game with your children by candle light.
3. Tell ghost stories (or garden stories).
4. Catch up on what’s going on with your children or spouse.
5. Go outside and look at the stars, your garden, or …read more

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Matt Cutts has some beautiful daffodils in Eastern California. Mine are just peaking out of the soil.
Gardening Tips and Ideas offers a plan to go green in the garden. He also offers some tips and ideas to help you on your way.
bloomingwriter talks about what plants are toxic for your cats. I always plant some catnip for my cats, but I’ve never really thought about what could be toxic for them.
May Dreams Garden challenges you to look at your garden from ground level. She’s right I saw  some new perennials and bulbs peaking up through the …read more

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Martha Stewart’s Craft Of The Day newsletter had a really nifty trick in it today for labeling your clay pots. Paint a stripe on the pot with chalkboard paint, then you can label your plants this year, and re-label the pot easily next year. Check out the full article for more information.
 
Technorati Tags: identify plants,plant marking,chalkboard pots,Martha Stewart,labeling plants

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It’s spring flower time! Actually I guess it’s April shower time, and some of you know that better than others with the recent flooding. The showers should bring us some blooming spring flowers in the upcoming weeks.
One of my favorite spring flowers is daffodils. They are so easy to grow, and a great spring blooming flower for naturalizing in meadows, and ditches.
Daffodils love the sun, but I have some in the front of my house where they’re shaded for part of the day. Even with the partial shade I have brilliant blooms every spring.
Daffodils like lots …read more

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I was browsing through The Food Network earlier tonight, and discovered they have a whole section devoted to eating green. They discuss the criteria for organic, sustainable, natural, and locally grown food. They also discuss hormone free, free range, grass fed, and antibiotic free, and the definitions for those terms. It’s a nifty little guide.
I was there browsing for some spring vegetable recipes, and they didn’t disappoint in that area either.
Check out the Food Network’s recipes for:
Spring Vegetable Rice Salad
Grilled Chicken with Brie and Baby Spinach Salad
The Barefoot Contessa has Green Spring Vegetables (these look yummy I’m ready for …read more

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There’s one more week to send in your gardening requests and get signed up to win $30 cold hard cash! Just leave a comment letting me know what you’d like to see more of here at Mother Earth’s Garden. You can also leave a readers gardening tip on the reader’s tip page (in the comment section).
Don’t forget to participate in the poll in the sidebar. In this month’s poll we’re asking if your children enjoy gardening. Watch for some fun gardening with children posts coming in April. I’ll let you know the poll results, and post a new poll at …read more

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I hope you have a wonderful Easter! This week we’re going to officially kick off the garden season here at Mother Earth’s garden. You’ve all given me some great suggestions on what you’d like to see here. In the upcoming weeks we’re going to get this garden started.
I’ll be sharing information on gardening how-to’s, gardening in small spaces, attracting beneficial insects, more fun gardening gadgets and tools, container gardening, and recipes.
I’ll give you a look at my gardening efforts over the next few weeks. Maybe you can hold me accountable for keeping the weeds out of my garden this year! …read more

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I’m celebrating the arrival of Spring this weekend along with my Easter celebration. Here are some great links to others who are celebrating this weekend.
Tree Hugging Family is celebrating with  60 Eco-Friendly Ways to Celebrate Spring, and 10 Ways To A Greener Easter Basket.
bloomingwriter is celebrating Spring with a layer of ice, Ugh! Been there done that! We’ve had our share of ice storms this year.
Foodie Obsessed is blooming with spring recipes.
A Tangled Thread has felt Easter egg ornaments. Cute!
All Holiday Cafe tells you all about Easter.
Here at Mother Earth’s Garden you can find out how to dye your Easter …read more

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Several blogs in the b5media Lifestyles channel had a flashback to the 80’s over the last couple days. Stroll down memory lane, remember those big hair days, and remember all your favorite movies.
Be reminded of all the things that made you love the 80’s check out the Lifestyles channel 80’s wrap up on the b5media main blog. 

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