How did it get to be Friday again? Specifically a Friday late in August? Sometimes it feels like the world is spinning a bit too fast. Loi Thai photo Have you seen Loi’s fabulous Limelight hedge?… [Continue Reading]
Archives for August 2016
MY FAVORITE NEW PLANT OF THE SUMMER
I first saw Eupatorium capillifolium ‘Elegant Feather’ late last summer at a baby shower. I spotted it from inside the house and ran out at my first opportunity to give it a closer look. It… [Continue Reading]
FRIDAY FINDS: OLYMPICS EDITION
I’ve got Olympic fever. For the past two weeks, if the television was on in our house, it was tuned to the Olympics, although I enjoyed watching some of the less popular events on the… [Continue Reading]
IT’S FRESH VEGGIE TIME!
The poor vegetable garden has gone mostly unnoticed on the blog this summer. That’s a shame because at this time of year it really does provide an incredible abundance for us. Part of my lack… [Continue Reading]
FRIDAY FINDS: CELEBRITY GARDENS EDITION
I don’t want to talk about how it’s almost the middle of August, or how the back-to-school ads are incredibly annoying to me (not because I have any stake in anyone going to back to… [Continue Reading]
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
For years I’ve read horror story about Japanese beetles invading gardens. I’d even talked to local gardeners who have been plagued by the irridescent buggers. But until this year I’d never even laid eyes on… [Continue Reading]
THIS VINE IS NO THUG (NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY)
Vines can be misunderstood members of the plant world. We want them to grow quickly but not too quickly. We want them to grow in places where nothing else will grow, except there’s usually a… [Continue Reading]