Pink Dogwood

The pink dogwood (Cornus florida rubra) is one of America's most popular pink flowering ornamental trees. It is known by most people simply as the pink dogwood. The species name florida is latin for flowering, but the showy petal like bracts are not in fact the actual flowers. The bright red fruit of this fast growing tree is a source of food for many different wildlife. The pink dogwood's wood is smooth, hard and close-grained and now used mainly for specialty products.

Rear Tine Tillers vs. Front Tine Tiller

Rear Tine Tillers - Front Tine Tillers

Choosing a Rear Tine Tiller or a Front Tine Tiller for your garden.

Rear Tine Tillers, though most now are easily maneuverable, they are still large bulky machines. Rear Tine Tillers have gas powered engines, and are strong enough to work through soil that has never been tilled before. Rear Tined Tillers are much easier to handle than Front Tine Tillers, and therefore take much less "muscle" from the operator. Rear Tine Tillers are a better solution for larger gardens.

Front Tine Tillers are lighter in weight than Rear Tine Tillers. The till width averages around 12 inches, and most front tine tiller have small engines. Front Tine Tillers are best for using on soil that has been tilled before. Front Tine Tillers are mainly used in gardens that have already been cultivated and are a perfect solution for weeding garden beds.

Virginia Sweetspire

A beautiful shrub, native virginia sweetspire is an ornamental majesty for the gardener looking for native plants. The draping white flower racemes are a delight to butterflies and bees. Crimson to maroon foliage in Fall hangs on until late winter in milder climates. Virginia Sweetspire is a deciduous shrub that blends well as either a border plant or as a dividing hedge.

Itea Virginica - Virginia Sweetspire

Variegated Weigela

The variegated weigela is an easily grown shrub that thrives in even the most average of soils located in full sun. Grown for its compact size, funnel shaped flowers and variegated foliage. Variegated Weigela attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.

Weigela florida 'Variegata'

Facts of Life

I've come to learn about the facts of life in a hard way. Most of my life has been centered on getting ahead in this lifetime. To stay afloat. Sometimes this brings to question our moral thoughts. I believe some would do anything to get ahead in this life. And then, there too, are upstanding citizens whose beliefs will never waiver no matter the situation. I wish sometimes that we were all on the same journey, but this belief of what life should be and where we are going is mostly a false make-up. I write in hopes of understanding the motivation of individuals and just where they think they are going and what they believe they will accomplish. Explore with me and let's see where the human mind believes its final destination is and why we make decisions based on that belief. The true facts of life just may reveal themselves in passing.
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