Tag: garden
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better late than never
Ah, my poppets, I have been a bit out of pocket the last week, fighting some bug. Got some good drugs now so I’m on the mend. In between my getting sick and well, it seems spring has finally arrived in these parts! So half the peas got their trellis today and the strawberries now […]
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spring is springing (nearly)
Still a few weeks away from official Spring, but out in my hot mess of a yard, I see evidence of its imminent arrival. There is much work to be done, for sure. Don’t even get me started on the back yard – “hot mess” is generous – but we do have plans for it. […]
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Tilth!
After months of anticipation, The Lovely Miss Z got the party started with this sweet gift: And we popped a bottle of Prosecco and plopped down OUTSIDE ON MARCH 19TH with a lovely spread of meats and cheeses and bread while we contemplated our soon-to-be-loot (and the bottom of said Prosecco bottle – tasty stuff, […]
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information overload
Thank god for the interweb. I say that almost daily, for it’s amazing what you can find there. For a beginning gardener, it’s a miracle sent from heaven. What on earth did people DO before? Lots of library books and the occasional class, I guess and if you were lucky, a friend with a green […]
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greenery
It’s been unseasonably warm this winter/early spring, which means unusual progress has already been made in the yard. The Geek built these lovely raised beds, so we could attempt our first vegetables. We’ve planted some peas, poppies, and sunflower seeds, but no seedings yet. At the nursery last week, I couldn’t pass by some strawberry […]
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new garden babies
Thanks to Willi from Diggin Food, I stumbled upon this strawberry plant, and Annie’s Annuals. Which I have to say is pretty frakking amazing, when it comes to pure floral overload. Consider yourself warned, if you like plants at all, when you open that link, you will lose a good 30 minutes of your life, […]
foible and folly 