I’ve barely touched anything since I did my yearly planting back in June. Everything got more than enough (really too much) water with no intervention on my part. I also fortunately put down plenty of mulch in June, so despite all the water (and probably in some cases because of it), the weeds have remained […]

I hit upon a brilliant idea earlier in the week. Rather than fight the crowds at Broadway Gardens over the holiday weekend, I went after work today. Full Memorial Day weekend selection before the hoards have a chance to descend. It was a little busy, but I easily got parking, and had no trouble getting

I had a night to myself last night, and spent nearly the whole time working on the garden (and my entire backside is protesting this morning). Early spring has gone by, and everything is well into late spring form. My potted perennials suffered a bit this winter. Neither of my Heuchera came back, so I

The weather has progressed beyond crocus stage. It always amazes me how quickly the flowers start coming in once we have decent stretches of 45 degree + weather.

I’ve cleaned up a good chunk of the yard, and moved the perennial pots out of the garage, and into their proper homes in either the side or back gardens. (I did lose track of the English daisies, so they’re in one of the pots in the back yard for the moment. Assuming they come

The yard work gods have smiled upon me! Fourteen bags into my raking funfest, I ran out. Fortunately, I remembered some slightly smaller bags I had upstairs. There were four of those left, which turned out to be the exact number I needed to get everything bagged up and in the garage, pending pick up