First of all, in case you didn’t know, I take a relaxed approach to gardening. What that means is if something sprouts up that I don’t recognize, I don’t immediately pull it out. As you might imagine, this leads to a garden that gives the impression of, well, I call it natural, you may call [...]
Posts Tagged ‘weekend gardener’
Weekend Gardener: Little Surprises
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged garden, weekend gardener on May 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Weekend Gardener
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged weekend gardener on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is my pond and folks, that purple iris is one plant… it’s time to thin, but it’s pretty and the frogs hide among the stems. Compare it to two years ago in the picture above. It’s the little green plant in the back on the left of the pond. This is my favorite bearded [...]
Weekend Gardener
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged weekend gardener on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The good news? My lady bugs are back. I’m not sure any of you heard me lament about the missing lady bugs but I did… quite vocally, with a hint of whine I’m afraid. But day before yesterday, I went out in the garden and saw one climbing on the Liriope growing under the plum tree. I looked up and [...]
Weekend Gardener
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged weekend gardener on April 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Although I’ve been doing a lot in the garden lately, I thought you might like to see the effects of an unexpected storm we had last week. This is the front yard. You can see the hail bouncing on the ground. And across the street, the lawn is almost white. This is the backyard. If [...]