Summer display July 31, 2008 I inherited these stairs that my friend had designed for her dog, so he could jump up onto the radiators to look out of… Continue Reading
English Sweet Peas July 23, 2008 ‘Tribute’, an intensely fragrant Spencer variety of Sweet Pea It’s only on the odd year that I try to grow the Spencer varieties of… Continue Reading
Mid Summer Flower Show July 22, 2008 Annuals and Daylilies on the back porchThe Daylily variety is ‘Vintage Wine’Some new Orienpet lilies, planted last fall. Orienpets are newer crosses made between… Continue Reading
Blue and Yellow Garden July 14, 2008 “Lilium ‘Moonlight Strain’, Lime-Intensely Fragrant Yellow Trumpet signal the peak of the July Lily season.My test plot, corner, for the blue and yellow garden… Continue Reading
Summer Lilies July 8, 2008 The week after Independence Day is the traditional weekend for Lily Show’s in the North East. When I was a kid, I would grow… Continue Reading
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
