O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? ~Percy Bysshe Shelley Back at the first of December, when making some herb butter, I took a stroll through our garden in hopes of finding enough herbs still around to avoid a run to the grocery store. I was happy to find anything worth harvesting as the garden has been a little neglected since late July continue reading …
I’m married to a man that likes to plant things. He’s a farmer’s son. Go figure. Instead of a new tool or “man toy” he wants to buy a tree or a new plant he’s just learned about. He’s also conservative with the money, so with very little monetary investment he’s managed to comprise a wide assortment of plantings on our property. When we moved continue reading …
As summer slips away and fall inches it’s way in, I’ve noticed several plants really thriving, just blooming away. So I decided to take a walk about the yard with camera in tow to catch the last blooms of the year. I like taking pictures of flowers. They always smile and stand perfectly still, usually. Here’s a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea – Asteraceae) our first continue reading …
. Here’s an interesting addition to your garden… Cleome, otherwise known as the Spider flower. Sporting flowers in white, pink and fushia, Cleome has a wild, crazy, spidery look (thus the name). It can certainly add a fun, fluttery, texture to an otherwise dull flower bed. Several years ago we began growing Cleome when a friend passed along some seeds. And man, you better like continue reading …
“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.” – Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Ophelia When we moved almost 2 years ago, to a new home with no landscaping, we had our work cut out for us. It seems like the first year all we did on the weekends was plant, transplant, change our minds and re-transplant. A few winners stood up to our fickleness and are really thriving. Rosemary is continue reading …
