musings
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Forget-me… Not!
“Seriously, I think a more apt name for ‘Forget-me-Not’ might have been, ‘How-can-you-forget-me-if-I-won’t-go-away?’, she mused, yanking yet another cheerily blue-flowered plant from beneath the roses and adding it to the compost heap.
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Total Spring Explosion
It all began with the arrival of 45 bare-root plum, quince and elderberry trees. Oh sure, the persnickety among us might say it began when I ordered the trees, but that’s just silly! Oh yeah, and then there were the Matilija poppies and Pride of Madera that I got at that one nursery, and those…
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Total Spring Explosion, part 3
Do you ever walk into the garden thinking, “I just need to do one thing, and then 5, 6, 7, 8 hours later you’re wandering inside wondering where the day went, having made improvements in the garden that only another gardener would appreciate? Yep, one of those days. It was, apparently, the day for pruning…
Grow Your Bliss 