garden

  • Rabbits

    …. are really only lovely and adorable in books. In real life, they are mean things that deserve to be put in paella. Yesterday, I had 6 beautiful, unopened crocus buds. We were looking forward to taking pictures and sketching… Continue reading

  • April Shower of Photos, Day 16

    I don’t know what these are (yet) or I’ve forgotten; they’re right in the front yard welcoming guests 🙂 Continue reading

  • April Shower of Photos, Day 15

    Playing with photo editing software Continue reading

  • April Shower of Photos, Day 2

    Galanthus nivalis Continue reading

  • My Favorite Gardening Catalogs

    Ongoing attempt to reduce the clutter around here…. getting rid of all my favorite gardening catalogs; yes, I have quite the pile. The first part are all companies I’ve shopped from before; Renee’s Garden I ordered from when it was… Continue reading

  • Wintersowing Journal

    started 28 January 2008 and succeeding days: Row 1 valeriana officinalis – valerian satureja montana – winter savory salvia officinalis – broadleaf sage rosmarinus pisum sativum – snow pea perennial oregano marrubium vulgare – horehound spearmint levisticum officinale – lovage… Continue reading

  • In the Past Four Weeks

    – we traveled twice to St. Lou/Cape and back – I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; Persuasion; Northanger Abbey; finishing up Mansfield Park today – tried out Door-to-Door Organics and didn’t like it – wintersowed roughly 46 seeds,… Continue reading

  • Wintersowed #1

    I finished up the last of my seeds of the ff: Mentha spicata – Spearmint – Plantation 2006 Rosmarinus officinalis – Fothergills Marrubium vulgare – Horehound – Fedco 2004 Bellis perennis – English Daisy True Wild Type – JL Hudson… Continue reading