Late June Gardening June 30, 2008 A Severe Thunderstorm Approaches I can’t remember a time when we have had so many Thundershowers, with storms arriving most every evening, at night,… Continue Reading
A New Garden June 23, 2008 With overcast conditions, this was the perfect weekend to work on the new garden, in front of the greenhouse. My design has taken three… Continue Reading
Violent Spring…Silent Spring June 17, 2008 Late Spring Storm DamageLast night we had a squall line of thunderstorms push through before a cold front, bringing to an end, the 100… Continue Reading
Havin’ heat wave… June 8, 2008 With only one quarter of the new vegetable garden and yet-to-be-named, blue and gold garden dug and planted, the Salvia planted last year is… Continue Reading
Lilium mysteriacum? June 4, 2008 Well, it’s more like Lilium lost-the-lable-um.Please, if any of you know…..share your thoughts. My best guess is Lilium monadelphum, a turkscap-or, pendant lily natic… Continue Reading
A Stunning Sunday June 2, 2008 A beautiful giant Allium ‘Gladiator’ blooms in the front yard garden. Too bad the honey bees arrive in a week, ( we bought two… Continue Reading
Primula seboldii season May 29, 2008 Primula sieboldii from Japan, blooming in the back vegetable garden. We received the collection three years ago and each of nearly forty named varieties… Continue Reading
Corydalis Seed May 22, 2008 New Troughs ready to plant with Alpines Corydalis solida before setting seed three weeks ago Corydalis solida seed capsules ripe and ready to harvest…. Continue Reading