Getting The Garden Ready For Winter Interest

Sure, it’s tempting to call a gardening article this time of year something like “Putting the Garden to Bed” or “Autumn Cleanup”, but I’m going to instead go with a theme of “Winter Interest”. I’m going to show you one of my tricks to prepare the garden to be interesting even when summer breezes . . . → Read More: Getting The Garden Ready For Winter Interest

How To Make A Scarecrow

I am amazed by fax machines. I know fax machines are old fashioned, but I am still somehow surprised when words automajically jump from one page to another.

I am amazed by how many people have never made a scarecrow. I know scarecrows are old fashioned, but I am still somehow surprised how many people . . . → Read More: How To Make A Scarecrow

We Know How To Run A Scarecrow Factory

Ok, so it wasn’t a little rain. The folks running Pioneer Day in Elk Grove Village could boast they had a lot of rain. This is not something that you want to boast about. An outdoor event that can boast ‘rain’ can generally add ‘nobody came’.

The portion of said event that has a covered . . . → Read More: We Know How To Run A Scarecrow Factory

Autumn Abundance And Scarecrows

How can it be that today is September 20th? Summer has come, and summer has gone. 

Already, my garden screams AUTUMN. The garden has an overall appearance of being less tended at this point.  That’s because it is.  That’s because I like it that way in the fall.   There are spent blooms with seeds for the . . . → Read More: Autumn Abundance And Scarecrows

Build A Scarecrow With The Elk Grove Garden Club

I know how to have some good old fashioned fun. Take one huge pile of old clothes, some bales of hay, and a bunch of kids. What do you get? A big mess that you wouldn’t want to have at home, so we have it at the farm.  Better yet, the mess is transformed into 100 scarecrows. The . . . → Read More: Build A Scarecrow With The Elk Grove Garden Club