The First Flower of Spring Is there anything more welcome on a cold spring day than the sight of your snowdrops blooming in spite of the cold weather? I plant snowdrops in my garden because they often bloom weeks before the crocus and daffodils in our yard. Part of our front garden has a micro-climate […]
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December Spring?
I was clearing out some of the overgrown brush in my garden when I noticed a few flowers blooming on my forsythia shrubs and was dumbfounded. I do know that we’ve had strange weather this year, a few really cold and frosty nights in November and now weather that has been unseasonably warm with quite […]
Pennies for Deer
I love lilies – especially the fragrant ones. Unfortunately, they attract deer who love to eat the buds just as they are about to open. When we first moved to this house, I dug up all of the lilies scattered around the yard and planted them in 3 areas to make it easier to protect […]
Early June Garden
Summer is finally here. We went from fifty degree weather to the high eighties. It is also very humid and the garden just exploded. All of the plants that were waiting for the sun seemed to become full grown overnight! The shade garden has really filled out and in fact, should be thinned a bit […]
A Cold Wet Spring
This year we have had unusual weather, even for Wisconsin. It has been unseasonably cold with a lot of rain. This in turn has caused all of the spring flowers and trees to be behind schedule. We are at the Memorial Day weekend and I am still concerned about planting out tender annuals. The bright […]