Like many things in life, the most spectacular and awe inspiring moments in the garden are often short lived. Think of 4th of July fireworks, the dance recital and the emergence of poppies! Developing poppies are at best tolerable, at worst, downright hideous. Everyone who looks at the hairy green flower buds can’t help commenting about their likeness to the…
Here’s my weekend to-do list, but I don’t hold any great illusions of accomplishing it all. Forecast calls for showers on and off today, t-storms tomorrow, and Sunday is Mother’s Day and a brunch here. Hopefully we’ll get some gardening in later in the day. So, this week’s list: 1] Put up trellis for the…
Set out to my favorite nursery this morning and loaded up on annuals. Just an aside here… there was a man in the next aisle that was returning a defective product… which was a garden deer and rabbit repellent. The spray nozzle did not work right, and it was leaking all over the place. I…