a north east ohio garden

most of the daylily garden is bare green leaves. except for the spots graced by late blooming daylilies. and reblooming daylilies. their first swath of scapes might be bare and brown. yet the new green scape is covered in flowers just as beautiful as those of early summer…

it is almost and very nearly gone. we are down to the last few wheel barrow trips next door and and it will be most completely gone. what once was a 20 x 5 foot 6.1 x 1.5 meter deep space full of compost is once again garden space. part of it has already been filled with hostas, hydrangea, and heuchera. the rest will be a temporary holding space as older plants come out of th...

bloom is slowing down. even though there are several weeks left before all the daylilies are done i am more or less done pollinating and trying to make new seeds. more or less because daylilies are often too pretty to ignore. often this results with me holding one pollen filled stamen in my hands and another stamen from a different flower held between my lips. rendering me sp...

plant a garden. and a guide to planting a garden. i keep seeing that suggestion and how to do it recommendations here there and in most places. yes it is a good suggestion. a garden is a great place to meet nature and an excellent distraction from the pace and worries of civilization. it has been that way for a long time. cicero said ‘if you have a garden and a library, you h...

yesterday was a day for relaxing and enjoying. it was a good day to forget about everything. today looks like it is going to be a day for rain delay. and actually part of that is a good thing. the hard summer clay will soften up. so with all of the digging planned for the next few weeks that will ease the task…