I know we all have our garden stalwarts. The plants that are just so well suited to your site, you can't help but grow loads of them because they look amazing with almost no effort. For us, that plant is undoubtedly the Iris. Any gardening rookie soon finds out, after the briefest of Google searches,… Continue reading An Ode to Irises.
We moved into this house in late 2014 and the winter or 2015 was the first year I set out my seed starting gear to get things going. Since then, the seed starting set up has only been in the same location in the house once- but even then the set up wasn't the same.… Continue reading Seed Starting 2019
The last of the garden spaces to be completed is sitting out at the south end of the garden. A narrow East-West strip of grass with a significant North-South swale along its Western edge. It is bordered by hedges on its North and South sides. It has a rickety, homemade wattle fence along its West… Continue reading A Royal Wedding Inspiration.
I mean, how can anyone not love Tithonia? They are so fantastic this time of year, blooming strong, bright shocks of orange when everything else is starting to fade. I give them heart eye emojis every time I see them. Swoon! The oranges (all seven!) are coming along so nicely. They are just now starting… Continue reading Autumn Rolls On.
RAIN! We finally got rain!!! Rumor has it more will continue to fall through the weekend- and I couldn't be happier about it. It has been hot and dry here, and even my most stalwart of plants are looking wilty and peaked. I've been doing more hand-watering than usual and even that feels like not… Continue reading Rain, Helenium & Hollyhocks
Box & Bay 