Flowers and rot in the New Year
It's been a while, starting off the New Year with what's blooming in January. Let's look outside first, because the list is rather small. We've…
When the universe decides that your garden deserves punishment…
Hacking away
Roots forming on the lower trunk
Today's post documents some of the winter pruning I have been doing on my dwarf Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa 'nana'. First off, was cutting out…
Is winter over?
Veronica (Hebe) pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii'
That's what I am wondering as I write this post. We've just made it through almost a whole month without any rain, which is weird,…
Thaw
Our snow was pretty short-lived. Starting on Wednesday, December 29th, the rains returned. I was curious how things had faired through some pretty dramatic weather…
Bend and snap
Snow. Nothing stirs quite so many mixed emotions for me as snow. On the one hand, it is beautiful and brings back fond childhood memories.…