Author: Sara Noel

Garden

Spring bulbs and more 2025

I planted 200 spring bulbs each year for the past 3 years. I planted some in the spring and some in the fall. I say bulbs, but I also plant tubers, corms, and rhizomes. So if I use the word bulb, it’s just easier to categorize it as a bulb. […]

Garden

Garden Wrap-up 2024 Pt. 2

Every spring, I mulch my gardens. I have it delivered usually the first week of May. I order roughly 14 cubic yards. I load it into our dump cart that attaches to the riding mower and that makes it easier to get it spread into all of my different garden […]

Garden

Garden wrap-up 2024 Pt. 1

I went into the 2024 garden season saying three things: My back garden was in a leap season. Meaning, I did quite a bit in the past 3 years and sleep, creep, leap put me squarely on it being a leap season for some of my plants. One thing I […]

Birds

So it begins

Winter is my least favorite time of year. I live in Michigan. I love gardening very much and it’s a long stretch between fall and spring. I prepare myself for the winter months with mini projects such as decluttering and organizing. I add eBooks to my Kindle, create TV series […]