what’s the ‘mater?

Overall our tomatoes are doing well. We are losing a few plants, but they put out a good round of fruit before they started drying out. The other plants are doing fine. This is the third time I’ve grown Black Prince, and each time they only get so far into summer before the plant shrivels […]

christmas in july

*squeeeeeeeee* Hallmark’s Keepsake Ornament Premiere is today. I was at the Crown Store as the doors opened. The Star Trek collection gets its first storyteller ornaments. I knew of storytellers but barely understand them as we only have the Star Trek ornaments. First, the storyteller ornaments run on a power cord instead of batteries (which […]

orange you glad to see me?

Some overlying goals of my garden plans are a broad range of blooming times and a color pallette that rolls through the spectrum as flowers come and go. Currently, the featured color is orange, which is heavy through most of peak summer. The gorgeous triple daylilies are about to finish: As the daylilies finish, the […]

it don’t mean a thing…

If it ain’t got a swing. The frame was a gift from a lovely friend. I searched with the manufacturer’s name and found the swing online. I recently realized that the garden has advanced enough that planning seating and social vignettes should step up to match. For one step away from hodgepodge, we’re starting from […]

sowing autumn

I wanted two beds for fall harvest, and the beets and carrots are still going, so… I built another bed yesterday, picked up more topsoil to fill it today. I still have to clear the first bed of whatever garlic managed to grow (I planted it much too late this year), but I sowed the […]

humming among the flowers

I caught this gal buzzing through the bee balm and crocosmia today:

what ‘maters most…

The tomato beds are just fine. Some voluteers are stunted, but every other plant is making up for it. August should be a good month for BLTs… or even GBLTs. 😂😂😂

rainy day snapshots

I have a long established habit of cropping out the mess. Who doesn’t, right? I have been noticing that doing so with the garden causes confusion in terms of layout/location. So, a break from that: These images cover most of our garden, in its various stages of growth and development, disarray and overgrowth.

goldfinch snobs

Our goldfinches are snobs. Three black oil sunflower feeders, one seedlog feeder, two suet feeders, and a nyger feeder… our goldfinches will only eat from one, the nyger feeder, and only in the winter time. Now, take those black oil sunflower seeds and scatter them about as sparrows and other finches eat. Let thise seeds […]

dinner from the garden

Tonight, I pulled some carrots to check their growth. They are coming along nicely. I also pulled a clump of our Oriole Orange Swiss Chard. We have some gorgeous vegetables this year. The carrots and chard are both in the success column. They made a delicious dinner, sauteed in bacon fat with shallots, garlic, and […]