All of the flower gardens, the vegetable gardens, and the borders are full of growing and flowering plants at the start of summer. Spring varieties are fading and need to be deadheaded. With the warm weather weeds appear and some … Continue reading →
By mid-June all the flower beds are full of blooming varieties of perennials, annuals, and shrubs. A number of summer-flowering plants are growing, but not yet flowering. Some of the spring-flowering perennials and bulbs have been setting seed … Continue reading →
In early June all of the borders, flower beds, rockeries, and even the vegetable garden are full of flowering plants. We take garden walks each day, and weed, deadhead, and do maintenance as we enjoy the garden. Featured here … Continue reading →
Near the end of May, the vegetable garden, flower beds, and shrub borders are flourishing. We have harvested some vegetables, and many species are in flower with more on the way. We have radishes, lettuce, spinach, peas, chard, cucumbers, bush … Continue reading →
By mid-May many perennials and flowering shrubs are in flower and we can walk into the garden every day to enjoy their beauty. Shared here are a few photos from several days of garden walks. Featured n the Google … Continue reading →
With warm weather and longer days, all of the flowering plants and shrubs are growing, some getting ready to bloom, some now if flower. It is a time for transplanting, cleaning flower beds, propagating new plants, and cleaning up. Landscape … Continue reading →
Gardening brings a daily set of tasks in spring. Irrigation needs to be repaired and adjusted. Perennials and small shrubs are divided and transplanted. Debris is cleaned up and bagged for recycling. The greens garden is planted. Any final pruning … Continue reading →
Spring is a busy time. In the last two weeks I have planted my greens garden, cleaned up the vegetable gardens, rebuilt a fence section, painted two fences, recycled a lot of material, and I have transplanted a number … Continue reading →
In the first week of spring at the end of March, the first flowers are in bloom and many plants are leafing out. Work is underway in all of the garden beds, but a bit of time was also … Continue reading →
In the last few days of November, the temperatures ranged from -3ºC to +2ºC. No hard frosts had yet decimated standing plants, but that is not far away. In the vegetable garden chard and arugula was still fine. … Continue reading →
