Category: Gardening

Rosemary, Lavender, Flat leaf Parsley, Thyme, Greek Oregano, Chives, Dill, Cilantro My herb garden is in a raised bed next to the vegetable garden. Most of the herbs are perennial except for the Parsley, which is biennial. The Dill reseeded from last year.  The Cilantro is the only new one. Basil is planted in the […]

Today I was able to get outside around 11:00.  I wasn’t feeling great but I wanted to continue with my beer bottle border.  It gets held up because I have to wait for clear bottles.  I have plenty of brown and green.  Anyway, I wasn’t able to get as far as I wanted because it […]

Today we got the pond working.  My husband installed the pump and waterfall.  He lugged all the big rocks I collected and brought down from NY.  We placed around pond.  I’m not thrilled with how it looks. One reason is I have too many Siberian iris, they’ve multiplied since they were planted, and have to […]

Chinese Fringe Flower ShrubLoropetalum I have always been a gardener. When we moved here from NY, I had to familiarize myself with all new species. One of those new species was the Chinese Fringe Flower. This was one of the landscape shrubs already on the property. It had been planted next to the house as […]