This is prime cucumber season here in my neck of the woods, and my own garden is producing beautifully. When it comes to cucumbers, my personal belief is that the simpler they are served, the better. Is there anything more refreshing than a cucumb…
Read more →I think every gardener has at least one spot in their garden that drives them nuts. The kind of spot that makes you stand, for minutes (and sometimes longer) at a time, staring, trying to figure out what to do with it. The kind of spot that goes t…
Read more →I love the fact that no two days in the garden are exactly alike. How many Sundays have the husband and I spent puttering in the garden, weeding, pruning, and making plans for what to do next? But this past Sunday will live on in family legend as …
Read more →For right now, at least, I can claim this as my favorite. The soft color, lightly frilled petals, and the fact that it reblooms makes this daylily an absolute joy to have in my garden.
I bought this daylily in a bag of 15 mixed varieties of d…
Read more →So I am now the proud owner of a worm bin, or vermicompost bin if we must be formal about it. The UPS man brought my plastic bin from Flowerfield Industries on Tuesday, and gave me one of “those” looks when he handed it over. Perhaps it was the ca…
Read more →Yet another glorious Bloom Day is upon us, and from the image above, you can clearly see that it’s all about orange, yellow, and purple in my garden at this time of year. Maybe I need to diversify a little, but for now, my garden is a cheerful, …
Read more →I read Mrs. Greenthumbs’ first book a few years ago, and I immediately felt a kinship with Cassandra Danz. Her obsession with gardening combined with her humorous disdain for the advice of the “gardening establishment” struck a chord with me. It…
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