Serendib Garden

Last night and this morning have mostly been about sorting out the hoses — I took a few hours to clear out the garage first, pulled all the hoses into the yard, and have started setting them up. It’s going to be a long process. But I got some set up to water the herbs […]

It’s going to be in the 80s this coming week (weird, I hope it doesn’t last, I want more spring before we get summer, please), and I think we’re pretty safely past frosty nights, so I’ve taken some time today to move all the tropicals outdoors. It’s sort of goofy to grow tropicals in this

So, these were disappointing in various ways. My dahlias from last year have basically all rotted; I tried to store them in pots in the fridge, and that just didn’t work — about half of them had rotted by the time I pulled them out a month or so ago, and the rest seem to

I’ve checked the forecast and I’m not seeing a nighttime temp. dropping below 45F in the next ten days, so I think it’s pretty safe to plant out the herb garden. The garlic chives have survived from last year — buy them once, and you’ll probably never need to buy them again. They’re great to

I finished the hanging baskets yesterday, so as soon as I get the Christmas lights off the porch (it’s been a long winter, people), the house will be officially decked out for spring. Hopefully it’ll be dry enough tomorrow for me to climb out on the porch roof and get the lights down. Hopefully no