7/3/17

Resource links, July blooms, preparing the yard for guests.

6/26/17

New plant stands, garden store shopping, flowers everywhere.

I have inherited three green-painted wrought iron plant stands from Steve's parents. He brought them home...

6/19/17

Bargain buys, pollinators abound, begonia/pepper/avocado progress.

This past weekend I bought seeds (4 packets for $1.00!) from the Dollar Store: asters, zinnias, snap peas...

6/12/17

Invasive landscapers, beautiful June blooms, vegetable patch update.

Our landlady has once again hired a landscaping service. Hopefully the communication...

6/2/17

Flowers, foliage and trees of Hawaii: my travel photos.

I've read that Maui has 17 of the world's 20 different climate zones, and that the diversity of plant species...

5/23/17

Hedges and happy bees, learning about succulents, plant care while away.

I am getting closer to identifiying the mystery plant I wrote about last week!..

5/16/17

Free plants, drying flowers, continued mysteries.

The GrowIt! app company contacted me by email a few weeks ago, asking if I wanted to participate in a sample program...

5/8/17

Staking tomatoes, flora and fauna, celebrating 2 years of blogging.

We are having mostly sunny, warm days, and my garden is growing happily. The peppers in particular...

5/1/17

Little plant sprouts, fending off pests, flowers at my workplace.

It was great to see the rhubarb sprout last week. The delphinium seeds and two parsnips have come up also...

4/23/17

A celebration of spring roses.

I have roses! The long wait through a chilly winter is over, and now five of my rosebushes are blooming. My favorite are the yellow-cream-white flowers...

4/16/17

New pepper plant purchases; orchid, begonia, and avocado research.

Ah, the proverbial April showers. At least we got a few breaks during the past couple of weekends. On the 8th...

4/7/17

More rain, flowers blooming, gardening with cats, finding a frog!

It's Spring Break week around here, and, oddly, the weather seems to be taking a break from being spring-like...

3/24/17

Flowers from cuttings, planting seeds, houseplants to add life to the indoors.

I've admired wisteria bushes around my neighborhood for years, and this March they're especially outstanding...

3/15/17

Exploring the Sonoma wine region, enjoying other gardens, post-adventure yardwork.

I'm back from our wine-tasting trip, with beautiful memories and lots of photos...

3/9/17

Spring around the corner, beautifying the yard, adding inexpensive little flowers.

Just a short post this week, as I'm busy getting ready to go on vacation. We're leaving this evening...

3/2/17

The once-forgotten forget-me-nots, rosebush growth, planting snap peas.

We've had a cold snap recently. It's common for this area to have warmer, springlike temperatures...