Plant dreaming
We went to a Wild Seed Project plant sale in southern Maine last Saturday. I’m stumbling along in my self-landscaping with natives, but I am trying! I started the circle garden in May 2023...
Category: plants
Unusual
Unusual sights from my yard – This plant, spotted beebalm, develops these very gaudy crowns with pink bracts in late summer. I think it’s amazing. Also – it’s a perennial that moved mysteriously about...
My neighbor’s peaches
My neighbor has too many peaches ripening on the tree in her garden. She invited us to come over and pick some. It was a beautiful experience. The next day I sorted them into...
That time of year
Foggy mornings Small spiderwebs Blueberries starting to ripen
Spring surprises
I’m about 3 days behind posting about spring’s arrival. Things change fast – a lot can happen in 3 days! Sunday was chilly and windy. We went out to camp, where the blackflies were...
Items of interest
I was thinking I have nothing to post about. Then I looked out the window and noticed this tree. It struck me that it looks very odd at this time of year. It’s a...
asters
The asters have been so prolific this season. Meadows full of billowy white puffs of blossoms. Occasional plants with blooms all shades of lavender. The back garden row has two large clumps of the...