It’s not like I go looking for new flowers all the time, but when I do see one that catches my eye, more often than not, it seems to find its way into my shopping cart. That’s how this pretty succulent called purslane came to be mine. Continue reading
Category Archives: Gardening
2015_Day 207: Making room for pumpkins
I’m not used to pulling dried-out tomato plants out of the garden until September or even October, but three that were well past their prime got the boot today to make room for several pumpkins. I had intended to be out in the garden by 7:30 or 8 a.m. to beat the hot sun (forecast high was 97), but as usually happens on a Sunday morning, I was feeling a bit lazy. I finally got to work a little after 9 a.m., and the sun, she already was a wee bit warm. Continue reading
2015_Day 206: Just another pretty face
It’s no secret I love flowers. That I fall in love with new flowers all the time. Lately it’s the vinca, a flower that’s supposed to tolerate heat well. So far, it’s lived up to the hype. And I love the way the flowers open. So symmetrical. So precise. So…pretty. Continue reading
2015_Day 205: Gonna be a green weekend
Doesn’t matter how hot it’s gonna get this weekend — the tomatoes need transplanting. There’s about a gazillion of them in peat pellets, so I’m gonna have to whittle them down to just a handful. Continue reading
2015_Day 204: Cleaning out the zinnias
2015_Day 203: Peppers and pumpkins, oh yeah
2015_Day 202: Unexpected pleasures in hot summer sun
I hadn’t been holding my breath that the poppies in my flower bed would ever actually get flowers on them, but I was okay with that because the poppy leaves were a nice contrast both in color and texture from the gazanias and petunias also claiming a spot in the bed. So I was a bit surprised to see two yellow poppy flowers had bloomed during the day. Continue reading
2015_Day 200: Sunday snapshots
My flowers — everything from the zinnias and gazanias to the marigolds — are holding up pretty well despite the heat and the fact that they were planted back in March. Continue reading







