I get a week each spring, if I’m lucky. And this year it bloomed during a lot of wet weather, which hampered my photo-taking. I ran out tonight before all of the petals floated to the ground.

Is a dandelion a weed or a flower? Devin and I discussed this yesterday. The majority of lawn-loving Americans would, I’m sure, vote for weed. But c’mon…dandelions have bright, cheerful flowers. Walk by an empty lot where no speck of lawn product has been applied and you’ll see hundreds of […]

Why so proud of a pumpkin? Because we made this one in our very own garden! Never having grown pumpkins before, I stuck the little seedlings in several different spots and wasn’t prepared for the length of those curly vines. They wrapped themselves around everything in sight. And despite all […]

The red ones popped out a couple of days ago, and I looked out this morning to see three yellow blooms make their debut.

Summer is when you’re supposed to garden, yes? But it’s also when it gets really, really hot. Planting, weed-pulling and other such tasks just don’t seem as much fun when it’s 90 degrees and humid outside. Today was one of the cooler days of the last couple of weeks. (We’ve […]

Last year my hollyhock plant shot up big and bold — but without any flowers. Just big, bushy green leaves. Not that I have anything against leaves. It’s just that the whole appeal of the hollyhock plant is the flowers that burst open on the various branches. Otherwise, it’s more […]

Nearly two months later and we’re getting some real production. Although the seeds we planted didn’t all come to fruition. In fact, only three of the pea plants are really amounting to much from the two rows we allotted. And the lettuce and spinach? The bunnies, adorable little critters with […]

Well, we’ll have to see how green those thumbs really are, but Devin has joined in with me yet again on some gardening. He’s actually been helpful every year, going as far back as when he was two and surprised me during a trip to the garden center by expressing […]

I’m way behind on my gardening. It’s not as if I never get out there, but I swear if you turn your back for 10 seconds, 10 weeds pop up. It’s hardly fair.