weekend review

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

everybloom everywhere all at once

This weekend in the garden. All at once. Up in the side yard: Lilyfest: The rustic bed: And the rest:

lilyfest – rained out

The festival is rained out today, so let’s get up close and personal with the stars of the show! Asiatic lilies are among the shortest lilies, with rich saturated colors, no-to-slight fragrance, and rapid offspring production. Pura Desiertos: Pura Desiertos is the tallest of our short lilies, a saturated pink with a watercolor feel, no […]

the whole thing:

A photographic stroll through everything this past weekend.

week 2 of lilyfest ’25

Second weekend of our festival has the new opening act in peak performance, and several returning acts warming up for their turn in the lineup.

yesterday in the garden

A photographic stroll through yesterday’s blooms:

the slow opening of Lilyfest 2025

The headliners are warming up and the new opening act is lined up for a stellar debut. The Opening Act: Pura Desiertos opens Lilyfest 2025 with an amazing double bloom. Warming up on deck: Tiny Ghost prepares its set for 2025. A smaller, tighter group this year than previously, but bringing the game and ready […]

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 […]