Planting around the patio
We set up two trellises last weekend, one around each back gate, for vines to grow across. In the image above a tendril from the...
Progress in the transformation
Today I worked mostly in the rain. I'm just trying to transplant all the potted plants that should be in the front yard while we are...
Meanwhile in the backyard
There is a lot of transplanting and other plant organizing to do in the backyard. In the meantime, I just love to poke around there...
Digging, digging, and more digging
And what is this, you ask... Well, in an earlier post a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about transplanting some of our shrubs from larger...
Future blueberries
We've had so much rain this winter that some of the Sunshine blueberry blossoms were so soggy that they simply fell off the bushes in...
bees!
This weekend, with the slightly warmer temperatures, and clear skies, a few bees were out and about in the garden. I was so excited to...
Blooming in the rain
All this rain means that the flowers are still blooming. In the photo above you see the Sapphire salvia still blooming. Usually at this...
Lambs ears?
While checking the plants in containers in the backyard, I discovered these seedlings growing in a large pot where another plant used to...
Watching them grow...
All of our wonderful fall and winter rain is so great for the plants. I checked on the two native plant seedlings that I planted in the...
The patio now
Now that we moved 40 potted plants to the patio here from the backyard of the house where we lived, it looks quite different from before....