I started the New Year off with a plant order at Old House Gardens. It’s not too early to place orders for spring planting — some items are already sold out. They specialize in rare and old breeds, and have limited quantities. I think their prices are pretty reasonable, and I’ve had good success with […]
I’m not likely to get the whole house in order before New Year’s Day, and I’m not even trying to put that on myself! But I’ve been enjoying going through room by room and setting some of them to rights — making sure the plants have water, removing any dry leaves, and just appreciating them.
Garden Log 12/30/22 Read More »
Finally finished pruning the redbud, or at least, as much as I can reach. It took a while to get to this, because it requires our tall ladder, which is heavy enough that I need Kevin’s help to maneuver it from the garage to the front yard. (Okay, I could *possibly* manage it on my
Garden Log 8/14/22 Read More »
Peach harvesting this weekend. They’re in various stages of ripeness, and the ones that are mostly green, we’ll leave on the tree a little longer, but dozens of them are ready-ish, and some of them, the squirrels have knocked down and those need to be collected. (shakes fist at squirrels) Plans for the peaches: –
It’s a very project-y kind of week. Here’s another one — replacing the garden bench in the front with something more stable (the one I had never screwed together solidly, and I didn’t love having it in the parkway where I want neighbors to be able to sit with confidence). Also, this one is a
Garden Log 7/23/22 Read More »
It’s too hot to plant anything outdoors, and too hot to want to weed (though I should), and we have roofers putting on a new roof for our house this week, so it’s also a little painful walking around the garden right now because even though they’re trying to be careful, my garden is crowded
Garden Log 7/23/22 Read More »
Pressing dill flowers into polymer clay, then removing. Tiny bits of the flowers did stay in the clay, but I think that’s okay — mostly that burned off when I baked the clay, and I think any lingering little bits will just shake out over time. These work really well as little bookmarks, I think!
Garden Log 7/16/22 Read More »
Writing first: I spent Saturday morning working on the cancer log — almost finished the draft, but got a little stuck when I got to the end, because I wasn’t sure where the end should be. I mean, I still make posts to it on occasion! But I think I’ll rewind a few entries back,
Writing & Garden Log, 7/10/22 Read More »
This is really a two-part log; the first set of photos here were taken about a month ago, when my May Night salvia had finished its first flush. The bright blue blossoms had mostly faded, so I cut them off just above where new blooms were emerging, to encourage the plant to create more flower
I just wanted to share this lovely little coaster that Ana Constantinescu made for me. I gave her a flower from the hellebore that was the first plant I added to our garden here — I planted it right after we bought the house, even though I knew we’d be heading into many months of
Garden Log 6/17/22 Read More »
