I've truly enjoyed the sunflowers this year. I sowed seeds for 'Van Gogh's Fantasy' mix from Sunflower Steve Seed Co along my back fence. I marked where I sowed each seed with a popsicle stick so …
What’s the First Thing You Saw Outside This Morning?
The first thing I saw outside this morning was a hummingbird flitting around this pink salvia growing in one of my patio containers. Don't look for the hummingbird in my photo. I'm not that good at …
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Ghost of Christmas Past, in August
The ghost of Christmas past is hanging around in my garden in August. It's taking the form of the faded sepals of a flower on Helleborus niger, the Christmas Rose. The Christmas Rose, once the …
The Calendar Says…The Garden Says…
The calendar says... Oops, both of the wall calendars in my house said it was still July. Who forgot to flip them over to August? Oops, I'm the one who forgot, but I flipped them to August …
Garden Fairies Report on Potato Harvest
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we are going to report on Carol's potato harvest. Now, we know you are looking at the picture and thinking—rightly so—that those are begonias and …
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Good Table Manners!
My compliments to the rabbit who ate the leaves on this violet by my patio. See how neatly they ate all the leaves down to the same level? I don't think I could have pruned it any better than that, …
