A Good Time For Planning: Flowers For Pollinators I Snow came down two days ago accumulating just three inches. Today the garden is still covered with snow and the temperature dropped down to just above 10°F. It’s a perfect winter day for bird watching through the patio door. Since the ground is covered with snow and the sources of water around here have turned to ice, they congregate around our … Continue reading Too Cold To Be Outside
Bright And Sunny Summer is finally here and the temperature is making the point so far. We had a very cool spring which was very good for the roses and many other cool loving plants. Tomato, chili pepper and basil think otherwise. My basil are only a couple of inches tall and the chili peppers are taking their sweet time to grow. But I’m not complaining. I … Continue reading Summer
And They Don’t Require Much Care The heat and humidity are here. In mid-summer heat I do my garden chores from shade to shade, trying to stay away from the sun. The lovely times in the garden in mid summer are the morning and early evening. The cool of the morning makes the mixed flower scents very pronounced, especially the Garden phlox and jasmine. It’s very soothing. … Continue reading Dependable Summer Plants
Summer Flowers Summer flowers in our garden are easy to grow and most of them are drought tolerant. Having a full time job I have to be practical about what I plant in the garden. I water the vegetable garden regularly since most of the vegetables don’t do well without constant care. The opposite goes for the rest of the garden. Most of them are … Continue reading Flowers For Bees (Continued)
The Beauty of Icicles I looked out at the garden this morning and discovered that the garden was coated with an icing, as well as the lawn. It was a beautiful morning, sunny and calm, but pretty cold. As much as I had to work against the sun that was rising and melting the tiny icicles and everything it touched, I tried not to walk … Continue reading Frost
After being Beat Up By Two Storms A little over a week after Hurricane Sandy rolled over our area, a Nor’easter rolled right in and brought us 6″ of snow over night. After the storm cleared, the temperature slowly creeped up to mid 60° F, and then the rain hit today. Not much left of the garden, really. Some leaves are still holding on to … Continue reading November Garden
Tough Guys All, They Stand Up to the Heat It’s been around 90 degrees and no rain in sight. I have to water the vegetable garden daily but only once or twice a week for the rest of the garden. The flower plot along the driveway doesn’t get any water at all. I let mother nature take care of them. Most of them are self-sown … Continue reading Summer Garden
Petals and Wings 