One of the favorite parts of my day is when I go outside to inspect my plants and tend to them. I deadhead flowers, snip spent blooms, marvel at something new. It is like receiving a present every day. It could be that a fairy tiptoes into my garden each night while I sleep and…
Yesterday I went outside to walk around the patio, and before I knew it I was digging the sedum and peppermint out of the blue container bed. Sometimes that happens. An idea hits me and I’m on it. I like those plants in the spring, when they look new and healthy. But within a month…
We made pretty good use of our 30 minutes at Southwoods yesterday afternoon. I think we went a little over. I practically had to pull Kendra out of there. She wanted to look at everything. This garden nursery has a beautiful indoor shop too, where they sell everything from patio furniture to incense. There are…
Seeds I’ve planted are emerging I noticed when I was outside doing garden work. I planted the seeds I ordered from Swallowtail Gardens on Monday evening. The zinnias have already germinated. I was sitting next to the French doors this morning eating a bowl of cereal. And I was amazed to see them already pushing…
I ended up watering my plants on the patio three times yesterday. Each time many of them were bone dry. That’s what you can run into with containers on a hot cement patio. My cucumber plant looks pretty bad. I don’t think it’s going to produce any more cucumbers. And the first two went bad…
Today I plan to do gardening chores and I’ll also clean my coffeemaker. This morning when Charlie and I went outside I took the opportunity to cut back the mint and lemon balm again. I have to do this every week or it gets out of bounds. Lemon Balm Deters Insects: The lemon balm is…