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 […]

feature of the day: daylilies

The big showstopper of today is still our daylilies! The bed moved this year is surprisingly productive. And the triple blooms, which were rare three years ago, are in high attendence this summer.

“thai hot”

My husband is fond of hot peppers. Each year, they are a featured focus in our garden: habaneros always, plus random new experiments. This year’s experiments include two Thai pepper plants. They are covered in tiny white blossoms for weeks, and then nothing. Then I brushed aside some leaves while weeding and found a hidden […]

buzz and hum

Some guests in the garden this evening: We hadn’t seen our hummingbird at the feeder for a few days. Tonight, I figured out why…

portulaca pathway

Just a few days in, with temperatures in the 90s, and the portulaca is thriving.

maters: new variety – black beauty

This gorgeous, fuzzy, frilly thing is what I’m assuming is a Black Beauty heirloom tomato. (I got my starts mixed up after sowing the seeds.) The tiny fruits have the longest sepals I’ve ever seen, thin and graceful. This was the last variety I’m growing to develop buds, but went into overdrive this past week […]

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 […]

two years in the making

We purchased the adjacent empty lot two and a half years ago. I laid down pavers for a fire ring and put in two raised beds. That first summer, I mostly worked to reclaim the land from run-away weeds. This was two years ago last May: Two years and one month later, while I still […]

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:

making your own path:

No, seriously, I’m making my own pathway… Small steps here and there: