therealmgreene 
July 29, 2018Catchy title. But not exactly accurate. Let’s see if I can get from an armadillo to ice in just a few steps. Part one – just one Armadillo: The other day my dog Jack saw his first armadillo. He looked at me for clues – Do I chase it? Play with it? Kill it? Eat Continue reading →
therealmgreene July 24, 2018A few years ago I learned about a ‘new-to-me’ method for propagating plants – it was called the ‘Forsythe Pot’. The Forsythe Pot method is a way to propagate plant cuttings. Someone named ‘zuzu’s petals’ posted a helpful tutorial on PlantSwap.net.. http://www.plantswap.net/forum…. Instantly, I needed to learn more. Researching, I found a Forsythe Pot tutorial Continue reading →
therealmgreene July 22, 2018This is not the entire story of my dog Jack. It’s a long story but my involvement starts when I found a dog about three months after I lost my husband. The one on the left is an alligator; David’s the one on the right. Back in the spring of that year, I was roped Continue reading →
therealmgreene July 21, 2018Years ago, when the children were small, we would get on an airplane and fly to Florida to visit my parents. The children called my parents G’ma and G’pa Airplane. Sometimes we would drive in the car from Connecticut to Florida to visit. Back in 1988 after my dad died my mom did a good Continue reading →
therealmgreene July 20, 2018Over on The National Gardening Association (garden.org) a query was posted in the Ask A Question Forum. “What is an organic way to get rid of Virginia Creeper?” The question received many excellent replies; one suggestion involved pouring herbicide into a trash can and stuffing the vines into the can – the purpose of that Continue reading →
therealmgreene July 20, 2018No, it is not a garden created and maintained by Gorillas! Look at the spelling…Guerrilla. As far as I know, the first person to use the term ‘Guerrilla Gardening’ was Liz Christy in 1973 as she and her Green Guerrilla Group were active in New York in the area known as Bowery Houston. Okay, let’s Continue reading →
therealmgreene July 20, 2018A couple of weeks ago I purchased 3 lovely new white stretch fleece blankets. These blankets were intended as a gift for a friend who had recently managed to get out of the women’s shelter into her own apartment. Well, sadly, she has not communicated with her former friends in quite a while so the Continue reading →
therealmgreene July 20, 2018When not busy with the dogs and/or the rabbits, or gardening or reading, I sew. Since I don’t like to follow patterns that means I usually work up a design as I sew. Just before Christmas this year I was sick with a cold and the weather was not good for gardening so I started Continue reading →