My garden is in shambles right now. The ranunclus have all died back, the blooms on the hydrangeas have browned, and the glorious poppy tangle is pretty much over. But I’m still getting the occasional bright red splash, and you…
Back by popular demand
As I’ve thoroughly documented, I’m kind of obsessed with my garden. I forced myself to take a bit of a bloggy break from it though because I was getting a little single minded. It’s only one part of my homemaking…
One last garden post…
I know I’m in danger of becoming obsessed, but what is a blog for if not to document everything we can’t stop thinking about? This is what’s keeping me away from all my responsibilities. When I planted them I took…
My little backyard cutting garden
It’s done. I did it. I got everything planted that I wanted to plant, and everything is taking off and it is miraculous. I’ve had a few learning experiences along the way, for some reason I cannot seem to grow…
How can I be this sore just from picking flowers?
I wasn’t entirely productive yesterday, but I didn’t entirely slack either. I think I managed as close to a day off as I could while not making myself crazy with inactivity. It’s all because there is just no such thing…
Fruits of my labors
In my moping about over the weekend (and then some) I drowned my sorrows by driving to the nearest nursery and buying myself a bunch of vegetables to plant. I had been toying around with the idea of a vegetable…
2009 Year of Pleasures #11
A little something green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day I planted a whole bunch of bulbs in the yard in late January, terrified that I’d missed the winter planting window, which is pretty darn short in San Diego. But…
Herb Garden Markers
The last part of our house left untouched was our backyard. It was seriously rough. Like, we had a jungle threatening to swallow our house. See? We’ve been slowly slowly slowly ripping out all this stuff. I’m sure the same…