'Maters, yep, I'm starting to pick a lot of tomatoes. That's the way it seems to go. Waiting, waiting, waiting for the first tomato to ripen and then overnight it seems they all have figured out how …
Gardening Tool Week: Flower Break
I took a quick tour of the yard and gardens and a couple of flowers called out for their pictures to be taken because they are doing well, in spite of the heat. On the left, the first gladiolus of the …
Lilies that Surprise Me
I have no idea why they call these lilies pictured here 'candy lilies'. The botanical name is Pardancanda x norrisii, so it is some kind of hybrid, but they come up from seed in my garden year after …
Queen of the Night
I arrived home at 5:30 PM and determined that TONIGHT would be the night! The night blooming cereus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) chose this evening to bloom.I took pictures every half hour from 5:30 – 8:30 …
Stargazer Lilies
Some lilies from the garden …
