gardens

5:04 pm – News and name to follow! His name is Fletcher Calhoun Emmott; he’s 8.5 lb, 21 inches with sandy brown hair and blue eyes.

Even though it was not a hot weekend it was very humid and buggy. Thank goodness for “cutter”. I think a storm was trying to come our way and we do need the rain but it didn’t seem to get here. We planted things we purchased on a trip this week to Lancaster with Jane [...]

This weekend we did weed…and weed and weed! We also drove to Primex and bought salt hay. I like salt hay in my herb garden – it looks more casual. We do need to mulch as it, 1. helps keep the weeds down and, 2. holds the moisture during our hot dry summers. We use [...]

Today is cold and windy. It is almost a month since I took the image in the heading of the Bloodroot blossom. The Blossoms are gone and the leaves are large and wonderful. The same with my Wild Ginger. Unfortunately the weeds are growing also – perhaps I’ll get a chance this weekend.

Being new to this blogging thing I wondered how these pages could be archived. Not just the archiving within the site but for all time or as long as technology would allow. As I thought about this I thought of a friend and client who is a dancer/choreographer, Jeanne Ruddy. She is currently creating her [...]

My back garden is to be the main subject of this journal. It is mostly a sample dye plant garden with a few herbs, some lettuce and tomatoes, a small deck area for our two blue chairs and a bird bath. The deck area is about 8′ X8′ and can be moved each year to [...]

I create web sites and have a client who needs a blog, so… I need to learn to create blogs, so… what better way to learn than to create one for myself. I wanted a subject for my blog, so… I chose my garden where I like to be when I’m not at the computer, [...]