A favorite flower opened today. It’s been in this spot for a few years now, but I didn’t plant it there. Must’ve been squirrel gardeners. I’ve left it because, well, why not? Who am I to say where a crocus should or shouldn’t be planted? It’s lovely where… Read More »Finally
Our home is surrounded by beautiful flower gardens but my husband has a favorite.
Living in Maine, we expect long and cold winters. Our first snowfall usually arrives by early November, and many years we don’t see the ground again until late March or April. We didn’t get multiple feet of snow this year, but it has been typically cold. Even though… Read More »Surviving February
This year’s garden was a complete failure. It’s mostly my own fault. Successful gardening, like anything else, requires time and effort, and I just didn’t put in enough. And the deer, for some reason, decided to use our gardens as their own buffet. Even my dependable blueberries were… Read More »Revamping the Garden
Last week I showed you what was blooming in our flower gardens. This week it seems that we made a leap from early spring to late spring. All the trees have leaves on them, creating a green hue to everything inside our little home. This week we have… Read More »In the gardens
Emma and Sophie helped me plant bulbs last fall. Emma had asked what we were planting and I told her tulips, and that they would bloom after the snow melted. So once the snow finally disappeared, Emma would ask, “When will our lips grow?” The other morning, just… Read More »Mom, Our Two Lips are Blooming!
