Harvesting Daffodils
Started harvesting daffodils from the cutting garden for the house, which makes me happy, but I clearly need to bake more scones…
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Serendib Garden
It Was a Long Week, Peoples
It was a long week, peoples. I’ve hit the point where I really can’t read too much news, or I get hit with this wave of anticipatory grief, and then I can’t get anything done for a while, and that does no good to me or to anyone. It’s strange, because of course, there have
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Shed Window Views
The view outside my shed window is still mostly barren, but I put together a little early spring planter of violas and licorice plant, and it makes me smile.
Violas and Licorice
The view outside my shed window is still mostly barren, but I put together a little early spring planter of violas and licorice plant, and it makes me smile.
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Sometimes You Have to Go Low
Sometimes you have to go low to really see what’s going on. Love the combo of pinks / purples / greens down at the ground of the perennial garden. Solomon’s seal, heuchera, hellebore, hostas, and Virginia bluebells…
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First Forsythia Bloom
First forsythia bloom. My parents had a long hedge of forsythia between them and the neighbors, and it’s become an essential element of spring for me. Their blossoms are edible raw, though they can be slightly bitter — I might try to do something with them; I’m thinking forsythia honey syrup: https://www.growforagecookferment.com/forsythia-syrup/
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Saving Strawberries
I found a strawberry planter tipped over in the garden as I was cleaning up yesterday, and was glad to see that the strawberries seem to have survived just fine. I’ve tipped it back up, trimmed off the dead leaves, and moved it into a sunny spot, along with a new hanging basket of strawberries
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