FOTD – February 18 – Mums I love mums. They are the flower that you plant in August and will bloom right through Thanksgiving — if you are a bit lucky with the weather. These are all mums I got in… Read More ›
Gardens
COLUMBINE
FOTD – January 28 – Columbine When we first moved here, we planted a couple of columbine. Unlike most of our flowers, these have multiplied and fill the garden in May. All of ours are “hot pink” or something close… Read More ›
FOTD – TULIPS OF MANY COLORS
FOTD – February 9 – TWO LIPS I have tulips. I used to grow tulips. I think the skunks ate the bulbs because one year, they stopped coming up and we do have a lot of animals that like eating… Read More ›
HERALDING SPRING: CROCUSES
FOTD – January 27 – Crocus It has been snowing all day and it’s supposed to snow all night, though we aren’t supposed to get a lot of snow. That we are apparently saving for next week when they think we’re… Read More ›
#FOTD – THE DAYS OF WHINE AND ROSES
#FOTD – January 24 – THE DAYS OF WHINE AND ROSES, OR HOW I WHINED MY WAY THROUGH LAST SUMMER AND I HOPE I DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLETE MENTAL BREAKDOWN THIS SUMMER (JUST SAYING) Last summer, I think… Read More ›
DAYLILIES ARE FOLLOWED BY SUMMER
FOTD – January 21 – Day Lilies I thought maybe I could get misty and nostalgic about the Day Lilies. To me, when i see the lilies, I know it is summer. Early summer. And at least two months of… Read More ›
IRIS IN THE SPRING
FOTD – January 4 – Iris Field Ah, a flower to which I can personally relate!
COLUMBINE, THE COLOR OF SPRING
FOTD – January 3 – Columbine I may not have Dahlias, but we have Columbine. I planted a couple of these when the garden was new and it has spread and become one of my strongest flowers. I love the… Read More ›
UP, UP, AND AWAY – THE SQUARES OF JANUARY
SQUARE UP! JANUARY SQUARE HAVE ARRIVED AND NONE TOO SOON! From Becky: “I love receiving comments as well as a pingbacks on my square posts, and it would be fantastic if you were able to find a few minutes to… Read More ›
FOTD: A GALLERY OF IRIS AND OTHER SPRING FLOWERS
FOTD – December 26 – Bearded Iris With Other Spring Flowers It seems a long time ago, but we used to grow irises. When the garden was young — and I was younger — we had all kinds of flowers…. Read More ›
LILIES OF THE FIELD
FOTD – December 17 – Day Lilies I wasn’t going to do this, but I saw daylilies and thought of all the lilies we grow here. And remember how many pictures I have of daylilies. So I figure I might as… Read More ›
#FOTD – ROSES ARE RED EXCEPT WHEN THEY’RE PINK OR MAYBE YELLOW
FOTD – December 10 – Roses I remember when we planted the roses. We had been living here less than a year. Owen built us a garden by hauling boulders out of our woods to support the earth and I bought… Read More ›
