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In Bloom: Wasabi Arugula
This is a seriously spicy arugula with the most adorable papery white flowers with maroon veins. I picked up the seeds from Renee’s Garden. I’m letting this go to seed, but not sure if they will cross pollinate with the one or two other breeds that are also in bloom. CORRECTION: This picture if of just straight Arugula. It still…
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In Honor of Earth Day
In all honesty, I wasn’t aware that yesterday was Earth Day until after I’d taken the boys out to shop for plants (specifically irises), but I must have been getting good earthy vibes since we finally got rain after a two week dry spell. In fact, we’ve received nearly two inches of rain since Saturday. The sprinkler never quite generates…
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Birds on the Deck
These are two birds that don’t usually come up onto the deck. I’ve never been able to get a picture of a blue jay this close. They tend to stay far from the house. Just in the past couple weeks, a pair has started visiting the feeders – but only if they don’t see any movement behind our windows. For…
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Volunteer Tomatoes in the Asparagus Bed
The asparagus in our garden hasn’t been able to catch a break. Just before what would have been its third year in our yard, and the glorious spring in which we’d finally be able to harvest it, I dug it all up and moved it to a new bed. Its original location was terribly overgrown with weeds, and my husband…
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In Bloom: Bearded Iris ‘War Chief’
Are you comfortable with me just posting a picture of pretty plants and flowers in the garden without much if any narrative? Oh, good! Then here is my first post of my new Wordless Wednesday series: In Bloom. Do you want to join me in an “In Bloom” link up? Link back to this post in your post and…
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What a week!
It has been one crazy week here with battling sickness – all three boys have had their ups and downs – planting the garden and preparing for a women’s conference at our church. By this Saturday, my garden helper Scooby was all better and incredibly excited to help me plant tomatoes and seed corn and beans. How do I know…