The 400+ bulbs we planted in the fruit
Enjoy the photos, taken yesterday before last night’s amazing and scary thunderstorms. The fruit trees are still small and caged in chicken wire to keep deer from nibbling.
[…] awake and blooming. There’s nothing I love quite so much as daffodils, and I have them planted throughout the orchard as well as in my flower garden. The daffodil above is in my flower garden, the perennial garden […]
I was walking my dog along the wood’s edge right near where we cleared land to build our greenhouse when I did a double take. There, like Jack’s magical beanstalk, had grown overnight this gem: American burnweed. Also known as fireweed or American burn weed, it grows rapidly – and I mean, rapidly. Like I…
It’s that time of year when everyon asks, “What can I make with summer squash?”. The time when neighbors sneak bags of summer squash onto porches. When farmer’s markets are brimming with yellow and green squash, zucchini, and all manner of Cucurbitaceae, the plant family that gives, and gives, until it can’t give anymore. If…
Growing marshmallow plant has been on my gardening to-do list for quite some time. I’ve read about it in herbal books and grown its cousins in the Malvaceae family from seed. The dark purple mallow plant I have thrives in my little garden by the shed, so I thought, “Why not grow marshmallow there?” I…
August in the Garden: Tasks, Tips, and a Look Ahead to Fall Here in South Central Virginia, August has always felt like “back to school” season. By mid-month, the local schools are back in session, and with two universities in our small town, the stores fill up with dorm supplies and school gear. What a…
400 bulbs?… thats massive by the standard of our little vegetable garden. To live in a sea of daffodils is a VACATION! ~bangchik
A lovely sight heralding spring!
The field where we planted them is half an acre – huge – they look like islands of yellow in a sea of green grass…and yes Bangchik; their beauty is indeed like a vacation!