today’s blooms

I’ve spent the past two days sicks at home, working remotely as I can, sleeping through the rest. I’ve spent zero time in the garden since getting sick. Luckily, storms brought plenty of rain to make my presence unnecessary. I did, however, bundle up this early evening and stepped out into the post-storm chill for […]

this weekend in the garden

I got everything mowed before tonight’s storms, and took the line trimmer to the garden bed borders. Spread a few more bags of mulch. Beyong that, let’s just look at pictures…

the textiles are covered

I have been accumulating furniture for the garden, which means a need for cushions. My goal is a pattern mix of colors similar to those I’m using to refinish the furniture. Think this: I have seat and, where needed, back cushions for the garden furniture we have currently, a nice mix of solid, stripe, and […]

oh, yeah…

The peonies are opening: The light pink always open first. (They get the first morning sun.)

missing mom on mother’s day

This is the second Mother’s Day without mom, the first without both parents. The summer my mom died, I brought some of her hostas home with me for our garden, and I started planning, building, and planting her memorial garden. It is now a memorial for both of them. It is also fairly well established, […]

today’s work in the garden

I began my Saturday with the third weekly run to yard waste drop-off. (Our county has free Saturday drop-off for residents.) Most of last fall’s debris is removed and the space is opening up. I also cleared unwanted volunteer trees from the garden lot, planted rescued calla lilies in my mom’s memorial space, planted ajuga […]

the colors of the day

Today, in the garden:

post weekend update:

I finished up the second full weekend in the garden. I am behind and wirking to catch up. I didn’t start anything indoors late winter/early winter, so I’m taking risks sowing many things directly into the garden. Some things will be fine, others? We shall see. The two newest elevated beds are for brassica. Leaning […]

rain, growth, and the productive weekend

Our short cycle program’s peak has past, so I was back to a two-day weekend last week. After some brief socializing Friday night, I chained myself to the garden for the remainder of the weekend. Our county has free yard waste dropout every Saturday, so that’s where I started, bagging and hauling away seven yard […]

nudging the chaos, smoothing the heap

I am a thrifter. I like finding the deals on pretty things. I also like the rescuing of things, giving new life, loving worn well-used things, saving from the trash heap. So it goes, also, with the garden. I pay full retail for the food we grow, and the hardscaping. (And a chunk of our […]