Clematis in the Garden
In our home garden, clematis climbs on trellises and up walls on two sides of the house. We provide support on the wall with a series of screws and wires. It climbs to about 10 feet on both … Continue reading →
Herbs in Flower
Culinary herbs are planted in various locations in the home garden, many near vegetable beds, but some are also in borders and rock gardens. Most are grown for use in the kitchen, but some are supported for their decorative … Continue reading →
Mid-August Garden Flowers
We are out in the garden every day, maintaining the flower beds, borders, vegetable beds, shrubs, fruit trees, containers (weeding, harvesting, deadheading, cutting back, watering, fertilizing, recycling, and cleaning up). When it is hot, we look for shaded areas … Continue reading →
End of July, in the Garden
We spend time every day in our garden beds and borders. The vegetable garden is full of produce for frequent harvest, but it also needs weeding and cleaning up. Rockeries and rock gardens tend to take care of themselves, … Continue reading →
Mid-July Flowers
We are in nature’s gardens every day, mostly hiking in the hills, paddling on lakes, and exploring the grasslands, forests, and ridges of the area. We also are in the garden every day, taking on the usual tasks of … Continue reading →
End of June, in the Garden
Every month brings new flowers, maturing vegetables, and herbs, and shrub growth. We go out every day to weed, deadhead, harvest, transplant, rebuild, clean up, and survey what needs to be done. But we also go out just … Continue reading →
Early June in the Flower Gardens
In our home gardens, June is a wonderful time for flowering plants in borders, rockeries, perennial beds, and even in the vegetable garden. Each day we walk the paths to enjoy the displays, taking a few photos each day. There … Continue reading →
Late May Flower Gardens
On a warm and windy afternoon, I went out for a garden walk, enjoying flowers in bloom in several locations. Photographs in the wind don’t work for long-stemmed species so I focused mainly on low-growing or sheltered spots. … Continue reading →
Mid-May, in the Gardens
n most days in spring, summer, and fall we walk through the gardens, enjoying the perennials, annuals, ferns, herbs, vegetables, fruit trees, and shrubs as they go through the cycle of greening up, developing, blossoming, and fruiting. We take … Continue reading →
Garden Glimpses
We work in the garden most days and see flowers and shrubs blooming, vegetables and herbs growing, trees leafing and setting blossoms, and the new spring growth everywhere. There is much to do each day, but we also take … Continue reading →