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Wednesday Vignette: Rabbits, rabbits everywhere
We've had our house for about 7 and a half years now. Squirrels, raccoons, skunks, coyotes, lizards, and birds have been regular visitors all along. But there have never been bunnies - until...
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Tanglewild Gardens (2018 Garden Bloggers' Fling)
Tanglewild Gardens, the last stop on the second full day of the 2018 Garden Bloggers' Fling in Austin, Texas, is the creation of Skottie O'Mahony and Jeff Breitenstein, who relocated to Austin from...
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In a Vase on Monday: Experiments
I tried some new combinations of flowers for "In a Vase on Monday" this week, with mixed results. I'm relatively pleased with the first one, although I think a vase with a wider mouth might have given...
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Wednesday Vignette: Little wonders
Instead of focusing on a single event in the garden or otherwise, my Wednesday Vignette features three images that captured my interest this week. They're unrelated except that each gave reason to...
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Bloom Day - June 2018
Despite the heat that's been scorching some areas of Southern California and a flurry of wildfires across the Southwest US, we're still benefiting from an early morning marine layer most days here,...
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In a Vase on Monday: One hot, one soft
It hasn't been really hot here yet so, despite the fact that the official start of summer is just days away, the garden is still flush with blooms. I'd originally planned to cut some blue flowers but...
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Wednesday Vignette: Gold, green and blue
I have a grab-bag of visual vignettes again this week, all featuring colors that drew my attention for one reason or another. The first features the golden glow that was cast over the Los Angeles...
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The View from Ruthie Burrus's Garden (2018 Garden Bloggers' Fling)
We saw many fabulous gardens during the course of the 2018 Garden Bloggers' Fling in Austin, Texas back in early May. One of my favorites was Ruthie Burrus's Garden in Texas Hill Country. Upon...
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In a Vase on Monday: Mutants!
Although my Agapanthus continue to produce a few new stalks here and there, I think their floral display has reached its peak. There are fewer blooms this year, presumably due to our exceptionally...
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Wednesday Vignette: Nature's version of stained glass
Although we haven't been blasted by summer's heat yet in my area of coastal Southern California, some of my Leucadendrons are already sporting their summer colors. When backlit, you can't help but...
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June's Top 10 Blooms
Chloris at The Blooming Garden hosts a monthly recap of the top 10 blooms selected by gardeners each month. I'm joining this month with my own list. While my Bloom Day posts are free-for-alls that...
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In a Vase on Monday: Otto continues to thrill
I faced a time crunch in putting together this week's vases so I zipped through my garden more quickly than I usually do on Sunday morning. The only dahlias blooming in my cutting garden are still...
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Wednesday Vignette: A murder of crows
Yes, it's the 4th of July, Independence Day in the US, but this post has nothing whatsoever to do with the holiday. While fireworks have been going off every evening for the past month and I fully...
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Wide Shots - July 2018
May and June were on the cool side, thanks to a persistent morning marine layer. We saw the temperatures soar yesterday, nearing 90F at their high point, and we're expecting worse over the course of...
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In a Vase on Monday: Blast Furnace Survivors
Heat was predicted for the weekend but the forecasts for my immediate area called for temperatures in the low 90sF, which wasn't too ominous. I gave the areas I thought were at greatest risk extra...
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Sad Summer Story
Most gardeners of my acquaintance here don't celebrate summer. Summer is not our friend. By the time summer arrives, it's usually been dry for 3 months and we still face 4 or more months without...
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Lath House Update
In December, my husband built me a lath house to allow me to grow plants that require more shade than my open garden spaces provide. I moved some plants, like my small orchid collection, into it...
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Bloom Day - July 2018
After obsessing about the damage done by the nuclear heatwave we experienced on July 6th, I nearly lost track of Bloom Day. Like many of my summer Bloom Day posts, my meanderings through the garden...
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In a Vase on Monday: Welcome blooms
After our awful July 6th heatwave, walking through my garden became much less joyful; however, the Leptospermum 'Copper Glow' I planted in 2014 gave me reason to smile. To my recollection, the 2...
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Summer isn't for planting
Gardeners in cold weather climates don't plant in mid-winter when there's snow on the ground or the risk of freezes in the forecast. In hot, dry summer areas like mine, it's similarly inadvisable to...
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