A Pennsylvania Plant Geek's Garden
Busy, busy, busy is the theme of the garden this time of year: lots of weeds to pull, veggies to harvest, seedlings to pot up, seeds to sow, and seeds to collect. It looked like I’d have to skip a Bloom Day post this month, until I came up with the idea of doing something different: a video tour instead of a long series of photos. I hope you’ll forgive the lack of professional quality, as well as my mistakes and sometimes odd pronunciations; it’s not often that I have to say botanical names instead of writing them. I’ll put the plant names after each clip for clarity. Let’s see how this goes….
Read MoreThough May was unusually dry here, that situation resolved toward the end of the month, and things were shaping up to be a glorious June. And then this happened…. Read More
Welcome to May at Hayefield, friends! I still have a long way to go in making the most of spring plants here, but as seedlings started years ago are reaching flowering size, I’m gradually making progress. Let’s take a bit of a walkaround to see what’s popping. Read More