Why Am I Mowing All This “Lawn”?
That’s where this project started. Me, behind the battery-powered lawn mower (works a treat!) navigating the base of the big hackberry in the parkway and having a think.
Simple Garden Joys
It’s MAAAAAAYYYYYY! Bulbs are blooming, perennials are popping, and the weeds are moving faster than me. I’m trying to take a moment, though, to enjoy the simple pleasures of the garden.
Fleeting and Fabulous
With a bunch of warm temps and abundant (and I mean abundant) rain, the spring flowers have arrived in force, all at once! Oh, climate change, you are the bane of the garden designer.
Pretty Prairie Pasque Flower
Victory! I have five, perhaps six, prairie pasque flowers tucked next to the driveway and they are BLOOMING! What fun!
Spring Confetti
Early spring can be a season of tiny joys. Our earliest blooming bulbs are often wee bitty delights and I like to toss them about the yard like pretty flakes of confetti.
Snowdrops for July
We wait so patiently for snowdrops to deliver their magical little fairy bells in late winter. We’re so anxious for blue skies and slow summer evenings that we check their progress every day. We count the minutes of sunlight as they steadily increase towards the solstice.
Winter Hydrangea Architecture
I will never understand cutting off the dried flowerheads of hydrangeas before April. I mean, snowcatching is the whole point! Plus, I’ll take flowers in whatever form they show up.
Dressing Up the Yard
I’m a touch behind due to lots of snow, but the winter pots are done and I’ve got the swag on the arbor. Huzzah for winter decorating!
Winter Flowers
Days are short. Winter skies are grey and heavy. Frost and snow nips at our heels. It’s time for flowers!
