Growing Vegetables from Kitchen Scraps!

Just finished a new hub on Hubpages that I have been meaning to write for a while.  I discovered that some kitchen scraps that end up in my compost bin can actually be used to grow more plants and eventually more food!  An alternative approach to gardening!  Check it out here: Growing Vegetables from Kitchen Scraps!

Jumping Azalea Bushes 5/6/12

Beautiful azalea bushes in bloom last week at the end of April! These two bushes(yes there's two there) are at my grandmother's house and are at least 40 years old are older!!! They have beautiful flowers in the spring and shiny, wax like leaves all summer. It's weird to say I have a favorite shrub but this would be it!! And specifically these two, which use to act as a hurdle when my cousins and I were young, running down the side yard to jump over it like we were horses (we had good imaginations and my cousin horseback rode). They were not as healthy back then, probably because of us jumping over them lol but now they are better then ever and make a great little hedge, not to mention a beautiful color in the spring!

Starting my vegetable Garden! 4/30/12

After a very warm start to the spring, temps have cooled down a bit, leaving the question of planting on every gardeners mind...my vegetable garden has been needing a lot of work lately so today I finally got some extra soil and dug up a small corner to start planting! Although it is too early for many vegetables in southern Connecticut, the unofficial planting date is May 15th, it is warm enough to plant some cold weather plants like broccoli and lettuce! In fact I started my broccoli from seed in a pot on my back deck and finally transplanted them into my garden today! (see photo below) I can't wait to plant more!

Suburban Wildlife Photography

Here's a new photography hub on Hubpages called "Suburban Wildlife Photography" i may make a series out of this one depending on the shots i can get of wildlife in my backyard or in my suburban community.  This hub focuses on photographs of a rabbit and some Robins I took recently.  The rabbit is a frequent visitor to my backyard and is not always easily photographed. 

All the World's a Fog

New hub on Hubpages! This time its a political commentary, like an op ed!  It's general but creative and talks about the direction in which the world is going!  enjoy!

All the World's a Fog

Hub on Composting

I just posted a new hub on Hubpages about reviving your compost piles.  With all the warm temperatures of late and spring less than a week away, i thought it was a good time to start preparing for the summer garden season.  And what better way then to revive your compost pile to speed up decomposition and get more top soil! 

Click here to read:  Reviving Your Compost Pile

Latest Hub on Hubpages 3/7/12

Just posted a new hub on hubpages titled:   Water Rising: What is Storm Surge?  It defines what storm surge is while also presenting a bunch of photos i took of the storm surge during Hurricane Irene in Connecticut on August 28, 2011.  The hub is also my first entry into this month's Hubpages contest!