(im)mortality

The Bradford pears are in bloom.  Everywhere at once, it seems.  I’ve always thought of them as common trees, side-of-the-highway…

Planning

As much as I love thinking about my garden all winter long, I am not much of a planner.  Or…

Hot and Cold

After a run of cold raw weather, 80 degrees today.  The warmth seems to have energized a nest of wasps,…

In the Pink

The ornamental plum tree outside the kitchen window, above, and one of the camellias, below.  I am not sure if…

Reminder

Note to self: you planted onions inside the veggie garden, against the fence where the peas were last year.  Remember…

First of Asparagus

You say it is the 25th of March?  No, today is the First of Asparagus.  It follows closely on the…

Spring planting

There are broccoli seedlings under the cloches, and right in front of them (too fragile to see) are little leeklets. …

Springing

It is springing.  Camellias are tight pink buds, and bloom swiftly in the warmth of the house.  Daffodils are up…

The Enemy

Bindweed roots.  Found them in a layer of soil on top of a piece of landscape fabric that was protecting…