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My adventures in low-budget, limited-space, environmentally-friendly container gardening. At times I also share fun projects and resources I've discovered.

Statues

2/23/17

Exploring a new garden store, discovering lovely plants, buying a butterfly bush.

Last Saturday, my friend Gretchen invited me to have lunch and then visit Scarborough Gardens. I had never been...
Narcissus

2/17/17

Rainy adventures, peak camellia season, soil pH testing.

Blustery windy soaking wet day! Well, all my taller potted trees are braced against the house...
WinterRose

2/9/17

A bit of prose about the joy of gardening.

Ah, how the weekends go by so quickly, while the workdays seem so long. If I were a plant that could thrive...
Rhubarb

2/3/17

Venturing into the unknown, wise purchases, vanquishing weeds.

So here's my list of new plants to try in 2017: Rhubarb, Snap Peas, Rhododendrons, Delphiniums...
NonstopGarden

1/26/17

Plotting and planning: from allocating yard-space to candle-crafting preparation.

I've updated my yard map to show what's currently where. Some of the pots intended for tomatoes...
Lavender

1/12/17

Rains soaking the garden, learning about the care of my delicious cooking herbs.

It's the first sunny day in quite a while. The "Pineapple Express" storms have passed...
Begonia

1/03/17

Thankful for the hardy bacopa and other winter-flowering plants, ideas of new species to introduce.

A brand new year for gardening adventures! I can hardly wait for spring...
FlowerSeedlings

12/26/16

Planting an avocado, pruning roses, eating wild leeks.

Among the small plants now living on my kitchen windowsill are a few morning glories. I brought these inside...
CatStatue

12/16/16

Wintery days, potpourri crafts, appreciating garden creatures.

It's been a rainy week with low temperatures, typical for December. The first frost of this winter happened last night...
FuchsiaWeb

12/8/16

Reading on dried flowers, admiring wet flowers, 2017 brainstorming.

A local bookstore has re-opened in a new location, after being closed for a year. It's great to once again be able to browse...
EarlyCamellia

12/2/16

Camellia research, harvests conclude with colder weather, winter plans.

The first camellia flower of our cold season has appeared, on a tall bush near our bedroom window...
Snails

11/29/16

Snail hunting, ivy in bloom, spider plant progress.

I've been noticing a lot of tiny, young snails on leaves of my plants recently. They seem impervious to my organic insect repellent...
Fig

11/17/16

Daybreak photography, learning about houseplants, the art of blogging.

This morning I wandered around the yard, studying patterns of shadow and light from the newly risen sun...
Fig

11/10/16

Finding time to water, a mystery plant, appreciating variety in leaves.

It hasn't rained for 10 days now, so I got up early on a couple mornings this week to water plants before heading to work...
Bouquet

11/3/16

Crisp cool mornings in the garden, hardy flowering plants, bulbs for next year.

"Brrrr!" I've said to myself, when getting up at 7 a.m. this past week or so. I doubt it's below 45F even in the middle of the night...
Harvest

10/27/16

Weeds or wildflowers? A variety of un-planted yard inhabitants.

One of the advantages of a container garden (versus planting directly into the soil of a yard) is not having to deal with a "weed bank"...