I have a bunch of posts that have I started in my head over the past couple of months but haven’t quite gotten to. But this one is calling to be brought to life. My parents have had more than their fair share of unexpected health problems and I have made more trips than usual…
Spent day lily stalks mark the passing of summer. Fallen blooms, once orange and peach ready to compost into next year’s spring.
Based on the numerous photos of coneflowers that I have seen on WordPress and Facebook I can see that Purple Coneflower is a favorite of gardeners, bees, butterflies and photographers alike! I started a half dozen or so of them by seed about 20 years ago and now enjoy vigorous patches of them in the…
“Is that tomato fresh”, asked the third grader who found me on the front porch last September sitting behind several pots of tomato plants with tomatoes ripening on the vine. She clutched a school fundraising flyer in her hand. She was enchanted by the jungle of plants on the porch and how it felt…
Solomon’s Seal graces the shade garden with it’s curved, arching stems from mid-spring through fall. It’s simple flowers hang gently below the protection of the leaves in spring. It is hardy and easy to care for providing a lot of reward for the gardener with little work. Mine lives quite happily under the apple tree. …
Finding Red Trillium blooming in the woods is a sure sign that spring is really here for good. I enjoy seeing these flowers very much and spotting them along a trail is as good as finding a $5 bill along the street, only better! There are a couple state parks in NH that have an…
Over the years I have planted daffodils in nearly ever nook and cranny in my gardens & yard. Partly because I really enjoy planting bulbs and it is the last gardening activity I can do before the ground freezes and snow flies and partly because I so enjoy their bright smiling faces come spring. It…
Few garden plants stir the level of conflicted feelings for me than the tall garden phlox. When we moved into our home 24 years ago, it was hard to tell what had been the most neglected – the house or the yard. We did find a few garden plants hidden beneath an out of control…
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