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:

the whole thing:

A photographic stroll through everything this past weekend.

yesterday in the garden

A photographic stroll through yesterday’s blooms:

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 […]

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 […]

a messy weekend

The rain this weekend made for a messy but productive time in the garden. Planting gets muddy, but weeding is easy-peasy. This year’s hot pepper varieties: ghost, trinidad scorpion, carolina reaper, red and orange habaneros, jalapeño M, and jalapeño F1.

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

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