One of the very best parts of summer is the bounty of fresh herbs that can transform our cooking. You don’t need many plants to […]
Author: Lisa
Damsels and dragons
… of the fly variety, that is. (And yes, I’ll admit, I’m probably the only person on the planet who hasn’t watched Game of Thrones, […]
Prairie-inspired
Maybe I’ve done things a little of of order with this small bed at behind the house. I’m working to add native grasses to give […]
Bowman’s Hill
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about other gardens. But I was so inspired by a recent trip to Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, I […]
Bits and pieces
Can it be June already? Here are just a few things that have been happening around the garden the past week or so. This little […]
Peonies return
I brought a few snippets of the tubers of the peonies from our last place. Siting them has been challenging, with the black walnuts and […]
Three steps forward, two steps back
Our new home has a lot of space, and as I’ve written, sizable chunks have been transformed from lawn grass to garden. For pure efficiency […]
Diary
This blog is, at its heart, just a personal diary. It picks up from the written garden notes I took for years, in the big […]
Late bloomers
Happy second anniversary in our new home! Two years today, we closed on this little piece of paradise. As we awaited the home closing that […]
Foresight
This blog has evolved organically — no pun intended. Now it’s not just a gardening blog, but a chronicle of our old house and its […]