the last minute project of a crazy gardener:

Sorting through the pantry to figure out dinner back at midweek, we discovered numerous sprouting potatoes. Any other year of my life, I would have tossed them, but not this year. This year, I am a crazy gardener through and through. So, I got online and ordered these: The idea behind the standing planter is […]

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:

approaching summer in the garden:

Today was the first real break from 90+ degrees. An afternoon rainstorm removed my need to water, so I took the day off from work, and spent some time snapping shots. The daylilies are showing themselves even while recovering from a move: Habanero and Thai chili plants are filling with tiny green fruit: The beebalm […]

this weekend in the garden:

brought to you by: heirloom tomatoes

These tomatoes pictured below? All volunteers. From three years ago… Two years ago, I started building raised beds in the side lot. Last year, I added more, transplanting volunteers, bought starts, and from seed tomatoes. And this one below? That is a brand-new planter with purchased topsoil. On a five foot retaining wall over fifteen […]

day 42.5: cruciferousness plus chard

There is a reason so many vegetables are in the same family. My husband tells me cruciferious is being replaced by brassicae, but evoking crosses makes sense, especially when looking at young sprouts: (Tapping any image will take you to the Baker Creek page with images of the mature veggie…) I will add that the […]

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 33: working between raindrops

It took most the morning for the rain to show up, and then struggled to commit to anything beyond intermittent sprinkles. I elected to invest time in small light tasks. I had been soaking chard seeds, so I sowed, fertilized, and mulched two rows, one in each of two different raised beds. I also tightened […]

day 26: the tour, the experiment, the pathway, and the skink

It has been brought to my attention that the photos here don’t often offer an idea of where in our garden the work is happening. So, I made a video walk-through of our side yard and lot. The disclaimer: this is as-is. Many projects are underway, not everything is social-media-ready. “Don’t let perfect get in […]

the color purple:

I have said for some time that if a color could be anthropomorphized lavender would be my spirit guide. It is only a marginal jest. (We do live in a periwinkle cottage!) With this in mind, I will state that I have not applied as much effort as it would seem to putting purple into […]