That looks like a very young plant. Have you considered just leaving it to grow for a year, and deciding how to prune later? I have found that...
Mike, when one stops learning, one stops. I think it's called "death". Even at 82, you are far from stopping. We have books all over the...
I weeded the onion bed (still one bed to go) and picked sugar peas. We planted Cascadia sugar snaps for the first time, and they are doing well,...
Oh thank you all! Sometimes the fog lifts and my brain works, although in strange and mysterious ways . . . .
I don't know which is prettier--the dogs or the herbaceous border!
Good Monday to you all! As I have said before, when you are retired Monday is a good day! Cleaning house today and watching the sun peek in and...
Droopy, how kind-- "please keep posting." I'll ask the same thing in July when we are arid and plants have shut down until the rains and cooler...
I went out to the garden with all good intentions of weeding the onions again, but stopped off to look at the sugar snap peas. Oh lordy! I went to...
Like Netty, I'll be potting. It has taken me so long because I have so much "help" from the cats! We are back to watering the gardens--thank...
We too are in a warm (hot!) and humid area, and I've found that adding one tablespoon of baking soda to a gallon of water and a teaspoon or so of...
Our old (antique) roses are blooming--Marie Pavie.[ATTACH] And the amaryllis that we did not plant but appeared a couple of years after we moved...
Shawchert, could that be Japanese Andromeda (Pieris Japonica)? Whatever it is, it's lovely!
Beeker, mockingbirds will imitate most anything. My husband would step out to the yard and whistle for the cat to come, and a mockingbird picked...
Melody, we have them here in central Texas, but call them Eurasian Collared Doves. Isn't is amazing the different names for the same birds? They...
Happy Wednesday, or for you who still work, Hump Day! I checked the vegetable gardens today and found that we'll have sugar peas in 7 to 10 days...
Mart, are there little signs along the flight path that say, "X miles to Mart's house"? It seems you are a magnet for great birds. Perhaps our...
I'm growing Greek Oregano for the first time. Yes, I know one should read up on an herb before giving it garden space, but I've never met an herb...
Beeker, gardeners are nothing if not resilient, and you are showing your great resiliency! Gardeners always think of "next season, new variety,...
After the terrible snow/ice storm just over a year ago, we thought we'd lost several roses, including our climbing Clytemnestra. She survived,...
Ditto Dirtmechanic's hint! Today we just watched the gardens drink in the much needed rain. Such a blessing, after having 1/2" of rain in April,...
