Shades of pink and purple
One thing I noticed this year is that my fall garden seems to come with a certain floral palette. Many of the flowers that bloom…
Plants that are usually not eaten by deer or rabbits
Drought and heat part 2
This photo isn't from my garden, but you know it was hot when you see damage like this. I spotted these burnt dwarf spruce at…
Response to drought and heat: part 1
One of the biggest surprises of this year's drought and heat wave was how my alpine bottlebrush (Callistemon pityoides sieberi) suddenly seemed to collapse. According…
Fall is coming!
The colchicums are blooming and that can only mean one thing. Fall is coming! And hopefully, along with that, some much needed rain! No idea…
Good lord! You bought that thing on purpose?!
-Yup, I did. I bought it. What is it? Some sort of deformed ugly boxwood? You bought a boxwood??? Ewwww. You are dead to me.…