Serendib Garden

One of my blueberry plants seems to have survived from last year — I’ve never had any luck with actually getting berries, though. I did get multiple plants last year (and I’ve got a few more ordered for this year, which are hopefully on their way), which I gather is necessary for cross-pollination? And I […]

One of these things is not like the others….

Morning, people. I’ve been drowning a little in work, trying to get the semester started up again after break, and I admit, I’m very tired. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, I think — if I work solidly through the morning, I think I can take a few hours

This is a project I’ve wanted to do for years now, that I’ve finally gotten to. We live on what’s normally a pretty busy street — we’re on the path to the train, and our block has several apartment buildings and condos, along with a few single family houses. So there are usually lots and

Adventures in seeds. This is the easiest of seed starting — I had a lot of work to do this weekend as I prepped for spring break ending and an attempt at e-learning for my students, so not much gardening time. But poppies, love-in-a-mist, borage, bachelor’s button, and violas are all ‘direct sow in the

I was watching Gardener’s World this morning while grinding curry powder for the spring surprise packages, and Monty Don talks about starting dahlias early in pots, putting them on heated mats to encourage growth, and then taking cuttings for division, before planting out in the garden. Does anyone here have any experience with that? Any

Plant ID game? I have no idea what these are, coming up in my garden. Some perennials I planted last year when they were bigger, clearly, so I don’t know what the new-out-of-the-ground version looks like.

Scilla. (I keep wanting to type ‘and Charybdis’.)

Scilla.

I decided to take Anand’s suggestion and come out to the shed after lunch to work, so I wouldn’t keep getting irritated by mess in the house and wanting to snap at my family to clean it up faster. I admit, I’d sort of avoided getting started in shed work season this year, even though