Author Archives: sterlizsilver

I was looking through some old photos the other day and came across several photos I took at Falls Park of downtown Greenville, SC. I’ve always loved going to parks, botanical gardens, and really any beautiful outdoor space. I especially enjoyed the Biltmore Gardens. I grew up on a six acre farm, so I didn’tContinue reading “Gathering Inspiration”

Friday after work and a nap, I got myself up, borrowed my brother’s truck and my mom’s truck liner/unloader, and went down to my local landscape supplier and picked up some soil. I was wanting some mushroom compost but they were already sold out, which is not unusual and less prolific as leaves. So IContinue reading “What we did this Weekend”

Today I would like to talk about plants. These are some of the plants that I have found in my yard. There are all kinds of plants, Beautiful and edible, Beautiful to look at, Beautiful and deadly, and also annoying weeds. But some of the plants you may find in your yard may not beContinue reading “Plants in My Yard You May Find in Your Yard or Garden – 1st edition”

This Friday like every Friday since I moved to night shift I have taken the time without the pleasure of the company of my husband to focus in on things that I can do without his presence. Which means, planting day and construction day. So this may not seem like a lot of work toContinue reading “Friday Fun Ep. 1a”

The beginning of this blog should rightly start at the explanation of why I would begin a blog for the upstate gardener. Recently, like many people all over the world, I have found a renewed interest in gardening because of the potential failure in the food chain due to the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemicContinue reading “The Beginning”

So we started our first year focusing on getting the house and yard to a maintainable level. You see our home was a flip property which was wildly overgrown with random plantings, out of control wild blackberry and grape vines, widespread Poison Ivy, dying or dead trees that leaned out over the yard, scrubby overgrowth,Continue reading “First Year’s Work”

So this year I am once again trying to keep plants alive inside my house until they go outside of my house. This is and has always been a very difficult task for me as no matter how much I learned I still have trouble with over-watering or underwatering plants that are indoors.This could beContinue reading “Houseplants and Starts”