Posted on October 12, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Sandy soils, sounds easy, dig in fork, turn over dirt put in plant.  The trouble with sandy soils is though, when you try to lift a fork full of sandy soil it ll falls between the times, there’s nothing to hold it all together.  It also means there’s nothing to hold the moisture either. Sandy […]

Posted on September 27, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Planting a plant in Herriman is easy when you follow these steps: dig shovel into ground stop ears ringing from vibration of shovel hitting rock spend 2 hours digging out said rock dig shovel into ground stop ears ringing from vibration of shovel hitting rock spend 2 hours digging out said rock take a well […]

Posted on September 25, 2009 by sonjabarrie

I’m not saying I am an expert by any means but having gardened on three continents and just planted over 35 trees, 55 shrubs and countless perennials in one yard and am in the process of planting another 5 trees, 20 shrubs and another countless perennials in another yard I guess I do have a […]

Posted on September 22, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Sound like an odd post?  Well it is kinda but my daughter Rachael called me the other day and her laptop we gave her had died and she had just finished a long conversation with her dad who talked her through buying a new one.  Now she is really excited as she has bought a […]

Posted on September 19, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Wow! The 72 mile drive around the lake is fantastic.  It takes about 4 hours with short stops but you need to take all day, there actually a lot to see. Parks, historic places, a Scandinavian castle (Vikingsholm Castle) and some beautiful beaches and wood walks, actually you could spend a week and still not […]

Posted on September 15, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Well, what do you know, I’m going on vacation! Monday was Labor Day and the night before Tim decided the only way he was going to get some rest was to send me away! Apparently he can’t take a break if I’m working (he always feels guilty) and I don’t know how to take a […]

Posted on September 10, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Way back in early June we had booked a week at Lake Tahoe using our time share exchange, it seemed like a good idea at the time, surely they would be finished with the yard and we would have all the plants in and would need a well deserved rest.  Mmmmm……… you know what they […]

Posted on September 09, 2009 by sonjabarrie

What was I thinking?  It all seemed like a good idea at the time, every time I went into a garden center or Lowes or Home Depot, there would be plants on sale and I would think, well I can keep them alive until the yard goes in.  Baby them a bit, transplant and feed […]

Posted on August 11, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Where does the time go? Well, for a start, this whole last month it has been at the physical Terrorists. Yeah, well, as you can see by the videos in my last post I don’t do anything the easy way and around the 14th July my back started hurting, (it’s always hurt since the surgery […]

Posted on July 14, 2009 by sonjabarrie

Yeah I know, I haven’t posted in ages, well things get busy you know! The worst part is some of those things are self inflicted, well I always said I was weird! Firstly there’s the yard, anyone who follows me on FaceBook has heard my rantings about working in a chain gang. I’m really not […]