There are so many things happening in the garden at this time of year that it’s nearly impossible to report on it all here. But it is certainly blog-worthy when actual progress is made on a project! Most of the weekend was dedicated to working in the circle garden, to the detriment, of course, of the rest of the garden, ...
It should come as no surprise to anyone who reads this blog or follows me on Facebook or Instagram that I have a dahlia addiction. This has been an ongoing problem and my collection seems to keep growing (although I continue to play with different methods of saving tubers from year to year and have yet to hit on one ...
It should come as no surprise to anyone who reads this blog or follows me on Facebook or Instagram that I have a dahlia addiction. This has been an ongoing problem and my collection seems to keep growing (although I continue to play with different methods of saving tubers from year to year and have yet to hit on one ...
There comes a time in every seedling’s life when it must move out of its cramped confines into bigger digs that will allow it to keep growing. Given proper heat and light, tomato seedlings grow faster than most other kinds of seeds, so they need almost constant tending from the moment they are planted. I sowed my tomato seeds—two seeds ...
Holy smokes. I’m finally sitting down to reach out to you all to just let you know I’m still around a little bit about what’s been happening. I tend to do little personal updates as part of Friday Finds, but there was no getting to a computer on Friday. Last week I traveled to Savannah, Georgia, for a fun event ...
Given that I delayed a lot of garden work in fall, it’s no surprise that the first real job I did in the garden this spring was a task I should have taken care of several months ago. And it was that much more painful for having waited. Last September I shared the sad news that one of my favorite ...
There are signs of life in the garden. Somehow the leaves that I removed in fall reappeared and all of the perennials that I left standing in November are waiting to be chopped down, but underneath the mess, things are happening. The earliest daffodils in my garden, which live in a little microclimate along the house, have been up for ...
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It’s been a while since I’ve done a Friday Finds post and I’ve missed them. First, a little programming note. My YouTube channel is gone. What happened to it is a bit of a mystery that starts with bizarre, profanity-laden threats from a random person on YouTube and ends with my channel being gone a […]
After a lot of talking about planting window boxes, the weather finally (if briefly) improved enough to actually do it. This year I aimed for a slightly more restrained color palette (blue/purple, lime green and a touch of orange) and fewer plants. In the past I’ve jammed so many plants in the window box that […]
We’ve been caught in a crazy weather cycle all spring. We’ll have days of weather doing exactly what it is supposed to do here this time of year followed by days of intense cold. All of that has made gardening a little challenging, but it has been enough to turn the grass a brilliant green. […]
Someone just pointed out to me today that Monday is the beginning of June. I can hardly believe it. I feel like I have been complaining, or at least commenting on how busy life has been every time I write a post, so you won’t hear that from me today. I’ll just say that I […]
Sorry I’ve been blogging so intermittently lately; things are busier than I would like and I have been working on this week’s window box post for a really long time! Anyway, allow me to catch you up on what’s happening. First off, the most exciting thing to happen in my garden perhaps ever. Do you […]
Designing containers is one of my favorite parts of gardening. There are so many options and there’s so much less commitment than designing a garden: You get to redo it every year. Pretty much everyone knows about the thriller, spiller, filler method of designing containers and although this isn’t the only way, it’s a pretty [&hel
I posted this photo on Instagram over the weekend because it’s just that ridiculous. No, I’m not growing a bumper crop of lattes (although that would lovely). What you see here, this odd coffee-cup graveyard of sorts, was about plan C for this little area of the yard. It started with this post on A […]
Quick giveaway notes: The winner of the Perfect Garden Hose is Linnae! Congratulations, Linnae. Check your email. The rest of the giveaways are still open. The next to close is the giveaway of the A.M. Leonard Deluxe Soil Knife. There is efficient gardening and then there is the kind of gardening you do when a […]
It’s the final day of my favorite giveaways and I want to thank you for participating this week. If you haven’t already entered to win all the great items I’m giving away, you still can. I’m leaving every giveaway open for a week from when they began, but just enter them all now and then […]
I’m so excited about today’s giveaway because this one is a life changer. Once you lay your hands on this, you will never look at gardening tools the same way again. But let me start with this: You deserve great gardening tools. I think way too many gardeners are quick to pick up a tool […]
Welcome to Day 3 of my favorite giveaways, where I’m giving away all the gardening stuff I love best. Today I’m giving something I guarantee will make your garden grow better. I know you just rolled your eyes. Or scoffed. Or thought, “She’s nuts.” You may be right on that last one, but hear me […]
Don’t forget this is the week of all my favorite giveaways. Click here to for the soil knife giveaway and here for the Perfect Garden Hose. …………………………………………………….. I garden in cycles. Every couple years, I create a new garden
I’ve written about the prize for the second day of giveaways this week so many times on the blog, regular readers are probably sick of hearing about it. But the fact is, you’ll rarely find me in the garden without a hori hori (or a soil knife, if you prefer the term). A hori hori […]
Every day this week I’m giving away one of my favorite gardening tools. I’ve written about all of them and I’m hoping that whoever the lucky winner of each item is will share my enthusiasm and fall just as in love with these tools as I am. I’m kicking off this big week by giving […]
