Tag: gardening

Every day there is new growth poking out somewhere.  Walking around the yard feels like a treasure hunt, and I’m delighted to greet the foliage of so many favorites…






















Happy Spring!

It seems my flowerbeds are beginning to awaken already.  It’s only February!  I am delighted to see my friends beginning to emerge, and don’t blame them a bit for coming early since we’ve had such a mild winter.  If spring is as mild, we’ll be in great shape.  I just don’t want them to bloom and then freeze in a late storm.

This also means I’d better get moving on my garden plans.  So far my favorite seed catalog has been the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog.  There is something so refreshing and inviting about heirloom gardening and yet I’m intimidated at the same time.  I need to get my order in right away and just remember that I’ll get better with time and experience.


There are some intriguing and unusual seeds out there from plants that have been around for centuries.  Some I am familiar with and others that make me wonder if I’ll ever really figure this out.  I’m so excited to experiment!

Are you planning your garden yet?

Jennifer

The weatherman was right.  After an incredibly warm and beautiful Halloween we woke up to rain, gray skies and falling temperatures.  Right now I’m curled up on the couch in one of my favorite fall quilts as the wind blows outside.

I’d love to have the beautiful weather last a bit longer, but still I am smiling.  Smiling because over three hundred of these are in the ground:


It’s like burying little treasures for yourself, except you don’t have to go hunting for them.  In the spring they find you.  And they bring color and beauty when winter seems it will never end.

So the cold can come.  They’re in the ground.  Time for fall nesting in the house.

HH