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18 Oct 2009Hard Frost 5 Herb- Parsley, curley Harvesting, Herb- Parsley, Italian Harvesting, Coneflower Dormant, Lupine Dormant, Gl...1°C / 34°F
Despite the weather report saying it wouldn’t get below 45 last night, there is a hard frost out there this morning, still covering all the grass at 7:45 a.m. The parsley looks okay, but clearly I’m going to need to bring it in today. More seasonal warmth predicted for the rest of t...
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09 Jul 2009Color 4 Ideas garden , Sweet potato vine marguerite , Phlox Blooming, Coneflower Blooming, and Caladium Planting Out23°C / 73°F
I love foliage gardens, it’s my one regret that I have a 100% full sun garden except for one little patch by the porch. I like to think of foliage beds as combining textural, shape and color interest and I’ve been working on getting the Pond bed to be mostly foliage. Last week I a...
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20 May 2009Playing hooky 3 Perennial Border garden , Narnia garden , SoPo garden , Gypsophila Planting Out, Red Star Planting Out, Swe...Sunny 29°C / 84°F
Food and pretties and bright sunshine. Work is for losers. (Says the person with no job. Well, half a job.)
Put in lots of companions and edging flowers, and some filler annuals that I got yesterday at Urhausen. A couple of beds will have to wait until I’m able to move the mis-placed tuli...

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