It’s garden tour day! My garden is on the Laurel Historical Society’s garden tour. It feels a little like my…
Garden at Dusk, From My Window Seat
This may be my favorite way to experience my garden – windows thrown open, at dusk or dawn, from my…
Day in June
The garden is entering its summer lull, when the fresh bloom of spring turns to the hot jungle green of…
Finding Natives
I’ve been gardening for bugs and butterflies and birds for a long time, or so I thought. A couple of…
Cardinals in the Crossvine
There are cardinals nesting in the tangly innards of the crossvine this year. That makes me very happy.
May Day
One Day in April
After a slow start to spring we finally have warmth, and we have flowers. Some of my favorites at this…
Garden Nemesis
Every garden has its particular nemesis, that one weed that outdoes all others. For my garden that weed is pilewort,…
Winters End
I can’t call it spring yet, but these are the signs of winter’s end.
Small Steps
This winter’s project was a set of shallow steps and a retaining wall to manage the backyard’s slope. I have…