This is my regular post about what is blooming in the garden on Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, the 15th of each month. Due to an unseasonably warm month of March, we are about two to three weeks ahead of schedule. There is lots going on in the garden! I’ll just show you a few of [...]
Well, I knew it was too good to last. The amazingly warm weather we were having has given way to more normal, cooler temperatures. Our summer preview is over, and it’s back to regular spring weather. Of course the fabulous Hellebores from the Hellebore Gold Collection, above, have been blooming since February. They don’t care [...]
It is garden bloggers bloom day again – the 15th of each month, when garden bloggers everywhere show and tell what is blooming in their garden. I always look forward to the pansies and violas, like the violas above, that bloom early in the season. It is a sure sign that spring is on it’s [...]
The brassicas are plants from the family Brassicaceae, also known as the mustard family, or sometimes called the cabbage family. This group includes many delicious vegetables like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale and kohlrabi – in addition to mustard, of course. The kale plant, above, overwintered in my garden this year. Turnips and Chinese [...]
First a howling blizzard woke us, Then the rain came down to soak us, And now before the eye can focus – Crocus! – Lilja Rogers, New Hampshire poet, 1901-1998 The first week that I see crocus blooming in the garden, I start off my horticulture class by showing this poem with a picture of the little [...]
Finally, we are getting some sunshine and warm temperatures in Cincinnati after weeks of rain! I have spent the past two glorious days doing nothing but gardening, falling into bed at night exhausted but content. In my last post, I told you about my broken clavicle, and that I’m forbidden the use my left shoulder [...]
I always loved this little saying from my childhood. My mom would quote it whenever we complained about a rainy day in spring. How true it is! This year we almost broke the local record for the rainiest April in recorded history, but had to settle for second place. I’ve been on vacation for the past 10 days [...]
Seed starting time is approaching. I’ll be starting my tomato and pepper plants, cabbage family plants and others next week. The one thing that has made the biggest difference to my seed-starting success has been growing the seedlings under supplemental light. I just set up the light stand above, and moved a few plants into [...]
Wow! Another beautiful, warm sunny day. It’s hard to believe that this is early March. While I’m not really fooled into thinking we’ve seen the last of our winter weather, I am planning to spend the afternoon doing things in the garden that usually get done later this month. I’ll be cutting back my ornamental [...]
I’ve been on spring break in Washington, D.C. and Colonial Williamsburg, VA. We had beautiful, sunny weather every day, with temperatures up to the mid-90’s. We were in Washington, D.C. for the cherry blossom festival. Things seemed to be about a week or two ahead of in Washington and Williamsburg. Now I know what to [...]