lilyfest continues…

The lilies in the lower garden have started to join in:

lilyfest 2024

The festival is upon us! Welcome to the opener for Lilyfest ’24! These are the opening acts for Lilyfest ’24. Sit back and enjoy coming attractions.

this week in the garden

things growing, projects moving along; here is this week in our garden: And finishing out the week: a gallery of things in bloom.

new things from this weekend

I have been remiss on posts about our garden this year, which is unfortunate because tons of great stuff is happening. Here is a photo dump of all the things I worked on this weekend: The lingering cool spring weather has made the last few weekend highly productive. It looks like we have another cool […]

the details begin:

Bench No. 1: hand-painted shading… It’s subtle. The spray paint was selected for the previous solar chandeliar project. It was picked as neighbor colors for acrylic enamel we have on hand from painting the interior rooms of the Cattywampus Cottage. Typically, I start with the spray base coat, which prohibits further rusting and seals the […]

3-in-1 garden project update:

With the week off from work, things are moving well on garden projects. Painting the benches has sped along, and I made the opportunity to spray metal wall hangings I’ve been gathering for fence panels for the flower beds. Both spray painting projects lead to a third: I cut some canvas panels for dropcloths to […]

bench project, phase 1:

Yesterday, I started into the bench project, cleaning off dirt, rust and cobwebs, cutting off rusted nuts and bolts… I removed the wood trim and inlays on the fancy bench: next step: wood hardener and likely filler I cut “dropcloths” for spraying. This is for an experiment to make my own textile print for the […]

score for a garden project

FB Marketplace actually paid out today. I have been looking to gather more seating for the garden. Of course, I want things that are old and hefty and beat-up and gorgeously worn-out. And I found them in one lump sum. They were enough of a deal that the replacement lumber shouldn’t hurt too terribly much. […]

today’s project:

I finished and planted a bed I started at the beginning of the month. It is across from the okra bed in front of the sitting patio on the far side of the garden. I began before the heat of the day, weeding, digging, adding topsoil, and setting border stones, gravel and pavers. I took […]

this month, in the garden

Here, enjoy a photo-dump of June’s progression in our garden: