So I came outside on Friday morning to a bit of a surprise.   One of the first summers we’d move here (so at least eight years ago), I planted a couple of lilies in the side garden, which then proceeded to get well and truly decimated by lily beetle, to the point where they barely […]

What a difference a week makes.     Last week, I was somewhat stuck inside by the cold rain.   This week, it’s the incredible heat.    (We’re not in official heat wave territory here, but you don’t have to go too far south to get there…)     The iris are definitely out now – all types even. I still

They’re fore-casting 80 degree plus weather for multiple days by the end of the week.    I think that means I’ll be able to plant my veggies next weekend.

This weekend was all about positioning for next weekend.    Well, maybe.     See, normally, I can do my summer planting over Memorial Day weekend (the trigger other than date I look for is blooming iris).     But it’s been cold this Spring.    So much so that the gardening columnist in the local Sunday paper recommended waiting until

Some of the non-bulb and later bulb flowers are starting to appear.     Thank goodness it seems to have finally warmed up for good! Today’s project was to finally get the peas planted.    I meant to do it last weekend, but it just never happened.    I was also able to get the trellis in for the

The daffodils are in full bloom – showing just how warm that side garden is, as there aren’t many other daffodils out this far locally. So this weekend’s project was Operation Remove that Blasted Woodier than Hell Hosta from the Front of the Side Garden.      The above is the glorious free space after I was

When I think back to this time last year, I already had peas in the ground.   It’s been a little colder this year  (you can see last remnants of a snow bank  in the last picture above), but it’s finally starting to turn around, so I did some yard maintenance today. Last week (in the

In a week, we’ve gone from this: To this:

I have been sadly remiss in my blog updates this month.   Hurricane Sandy came through almost three weeks ago, and here are my pictures.    We actually came through the storm well – there was some coastal flooding up here in Maine, but that was a given for certain locations the second they mentioned the words

So, in the last big rain storm, the clematis trellis managed to detach itself from the supports.   (I’m still not entirely sure how – two of the four pieces of twine were still intact – on the trellis at least).    Since it was threatening to smush half of my Swiss chard, I decided to cut