blooming in the garden

The garden this morning and later in the rainy afternoon:

weekend review

There is plenty in bloom in the garden. Here’s a late photo review from this past weekend:

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 […]

the garden, after the rain

We never got the rain expected yesterday, but this morning brought a long, slow drizzle followed by a brief heavy shower. The garden ended up lush and in full bloom as a result. the ‘nosferatu’ daylilies are at their peak

up close in the garden

today in the garden:

a love letter to home…

Last Christmas, my sister got our parents each a digital photo frame. They have their own email addresses, so everyone in the family can send images of their lives direct to our folks. Today, I roamed the garden, shooting in 4:3 just to flood mom’s frame with our garden. Here’s the content:

back to the garden…

Another week off from work: this time the summer heat has broken, meaning it’s easier to spend more time on garden projects. I spent yesterday morning working on the last gate of the fence project. The cooler weather this week should help me check this item off the list. The bottom of our drive will […]

the garden of happy accidents…

Sometimes, I simply let things happen in the garden and see what they do. Last year, I installed cedar lattice down the property line fence. Virginia creeper showed itself the prior year, and I encouraged it to grow upward. It flourished this spring. When the Japanese beetles hit this year, they decimated the creeper, but […]

flora and fauna

I present to you: things in the garden, from the past two weeks…