today, in the garden

Today is the first day of a four day holiday weekend; my first weekday off after returning to work at the start of May. We also had visitors to the garden; a lovely time, socially distanced with a couple we’ve seen only in a zoom social since the shutdown. Before our lovely visit, these are […]

today in the garden:

The triple daylilies are suddenly prolific, which seems early to me. I thought they were the last to show. Various daylilies also at peak: Other things in the garden:

this weekend in the garden:

day 38: stepping up the terracing

Today, I ignored the lingering day lilies and started building up the retaining stones on the old bed, eager to get some new plants in the ground. I got as far as possible. I ran out of the capstones and the hardscape adhesive. The latter would be easy enough to order for delivery, the former […]

day 18: the accidental not-bed

I watered the garden this morning, and looked for a small, quick task since we’re forecasted to reach 80° today. So I started weeding the Accidental Not-Bed right off the bottom of the drive. Years ago, it started as a last-minute convenient spot to sow unexpected carrot seeds. I tossed down a bag of peat […]

this week in the gardens

The daylilies are pushing their dazzling display. While the basic orange “ditch lily” has mostly bloomed out, the special varieties are just hitting their peak. Also, the crazy orange triple bloom just made its first appearance yesterday. The spring radishes and baby bok choy totally got away from me this spring and have gone to […]