Spring keeps coming on: Bayberry, bellflower vine, cat thyme, meadowsweet, and tansy

I spent Saturday working in the garden. But first I went online and bought some perennials from a place I’ve heard good things about but haven’t tried yet–Lazy S’s Farm Nursery. Their plants are small; they come in what nurseries call a one-quart pot, which is really like a pint and a half, but I [...]

Playing in the dirt: columbines & soil map

The columbines are up. These are the blue/purple ones; I’ve got seeds of them to start this year.

Friday I found an interesting site about soil. You can enter your address, then draw a rectangle over your lot, and it will tell you what kind of soil there is at that location. Mine turned out to [...]