Yesterday I got most of my patio garden planted in all the containers. I will plant the zinnia seeds today. And then I’ll buy Charlie’s pineapple sage when they get them in. But are we gardeners ever really finished? That is debatable. Because we always tend to want to squeeze just one more plant into…
(This post was updated on April 23, 2023) When I gaze out over a big yard, I can’t seem to break the area down properly in my mind so as to define a cohesive plan for a garden. I do much better with smaller spaces like an apartment patio. Some of you recall my patio…
Yesterday I just wanted to get out somewhere. The only place I will go until after my second vaccine is the garden nursery. So in the afternoon out I went. And of course I came home with plants! Even though it is a bit early still. I’ll probably have to bring them in some nights…
I made it to the garden nursery yesterday and bought a flat of Johnny Jump Ups as well as 6 little pots of Gerbera daisies. That pixie face is so adorable I want to hug it. I actually went there to get one of those poles you tie a tree to to help it grow…
I like to go out with my camera in the morning when the flowers are just beginning to wake from their slumber. The sun is busy laying stripes across my patio and fence. While also dappling the leaves of plants and trees. The soft blue morning glory, which I’ve never planted before, is growing on…
After weeks of heat and humidity and no rain at all, yesterday the skies opened up and it has rained heavily. And rained. And rained some more. The humidity is so thick I believe you could cut it with a knife. It takes all your energy and poor Charlie has even more problems with this…