Harvest
A little harvest from the garden. A little disappointing, since I overplanted an entire window box. I guess I need to give up on that seed packet…
Garden Notes
On the plus side, I did have enough mulch to cover the areas that needed it the most. I was a little bad this year, and did something I’d never done before: cut back the daffodil foliage before it completely died back. Since they had their best ever Spring after the winter of doom for
Garden Notes
I finally figured out what was bugging me about the garden, last night. Despite the fact that it’s a week after Memorial Day, and I always do my planting on Memorial Day (but skipped this year because we went to VT, and it was so freaking cold!), the iris are still not blooming. But, they’re
Garden Notes
Well, here’s what’s survived in the back yard. I officially gave up on the heucheras today, as well as the lavender and lemon thyme from the side yard. It’s definitely been a weird Spring, seeing what is coming back. The climbing rose survived, but most of the top is dead. That’s probably ultimately a good
Garden Notes
This is definitely one of the best years for daffodils we’ve had in a while. In other news, I managed to do a bit more gardening today. First were the back yard pots. The pots on the right are the hostas. They’re starting to bud, and I actually transplanted a couple of the larger ones
The Continuation of Spring
Ok, it’s slow, and definitely late,but things are happening. By the time I got out last Sunday to rake and bring the pots out of the garage, there were daffodils! It was so cold over the winter, I’m not sure what’s going to come back from the potted perennials. Here’s hoping there’s not too much
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It’s About Freaking Time!
Why yes, it’s April now, and I’m just getting crocus. This winter has completely sucked. While we didn’t get that much snow (last year’s blizzard made that winter worse snowfall-wise), I don’t ever remember it being this cold, and I have a working recall of winters here back to the early 80s. Thankfully, we seem
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To Bed
The large maple has finally dropped all its leaves, and I’ve cleared the last of the garden detritus out of the side garden. As much as it pains me to say this, I’m ready for winter.
Fall in the Garden
I did go outside this weekend – I couldn’t just craft away the whole time. So yesterday, I put the veggies to bed, as well as whatever of the perennial pots had gone by (which wasn’t much – we’ve not yet had a hard frost here on the coast). I also did an initial sweep
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Garden Notes
Do you know what this is? This is a hell of a lot of iris. I had a day off today, so I tackled the iris bed. They’ve been there about ten years now, so it was quite thick in there. About an hour and half later, I had the above, nice and clear. As