Sharing our plants
We planted most of our vegetable garden from seeds this year, so it needed thinning out to give each plant room to grow. We couldn’t bear to toss out these […]
The first whiff
Our backyard honeysuckle vine bloomed for the first time this season today, and the serene look on Mama’s face as she took her first inhale was perfection. She didn’t know […]
Our monster sage
Our Jerusalem Sage plant has exploded in bright yellow blooms on long stalks. We planted it as a small 1-gallon plant a couple years ago and it has grown exponentially, […]
Bright blooms in our spring garden
Our spring garden is coming into bloom, and Mama and I are enjoying how colorful it is! The orange and purple flowers in the top two photos are on little […]
First radish harvest
Mama picked the first radishes from this season’s crop today, and ate them right in the garden. She has been carefully following and recording their progress since the day we […]
Our first strawberry
We planted strawberries in our garden this year, and today the first one was ripe and ready to eat. The berry was tiny, but sweet. We’re looking forward to more […]
Colorful shocker
A potted grass we’ve had in our backyard for many years suddenly produced these stunning, vibrant flowers for the first time. Mama and I only ever remember seeing green reeds […]
Starting from seeds
Mama and I used to plant our annual garden using small starter plants from a local nursery; but this year, we decided to plant mostly from seeds. Yesterday we completed […]
Planting season begins
Mama and I finished preparing our giant, raised garden box for this summer’s crop today — and we started planting too! After re-staining the wood recently, we added arches to […]
Growing chocolate mint
Mama and I both adore chocolate mint — in any and all forms. But tonight, we picked out a new chocolate mint plant for our herb garden! Chocolate mint leaves […]
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