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the phrase, "rinse, repeat" seems very fitting for this time of the year. high humidity, a lot of rain (more in the forecast for today)...

new comfrey patch coming along nicely.

We've had a lot of cutworms this spring too. So frustrating. Now that I can recognize their pupas I can eliminate many of them at that...

We've had a lot of cutworms this spring too. So frustrating. Now that I can recognize their pupas I can eliminate many of them at that...

I’m heartened to find I’m not alone in this phenomenon. It’s natural to either feel one has done something wrong - any manure in the...

That’s beyond awful @heirloomgal. My heartfelt sympathies. It makes the one or two giving up the ghost, which I was worrying about, seem...

@heirloomgal i would think that high up that it was groundhog damage because i rarely have any cutworms around here (just a few once in...

Thankfully the Wren's Egg plant has been the only casualty. I have three plants that have surpassed my height as of this morning -...

Achillea millefolium — Yarrow has begun to bloom along roadsides and such. This article in Science Daily on a study in Europe LINK puts...

I truly am not one to get thrilled about *pretty garden pictures* given how ubiquitous they are all over social media (and I admittedly...

Me too @flowerbug, I think we have similar weeding practices with scraping the soil so as to prevent drawing up more weeds seeds from...

For my dear friend, who will be partying in the sky as we all cry for him

Well, the time has come to spill some beans so to speak, lol. I'm a believer in the adage 'where your attention goes, grows' so I...

@heirloomgal i would think that high up that it was groundhog damage because i rarely have any cutworms around here (just a few once in...