Tag: grass

The phrase of the month is: Rain. Oy, it has been moist this main half of December with 8.01 inches inside the first 9 days. There was a dry-ish second in the middle of all of it as soon as I managed to maneuver out with my digicam for a submit regarding the yard. Granted,…

Cistus Nursery

I prefer to play outside with my digital digital camera. Simply currently I’ve been taking footage for our newly revamped web page at Cistus Nursery; uncover the web page proper right here! Bridget has been laborious at work on the revamp, and I really feel the web page seems fabulous. I do comprehend it ought to…

2023: The Yr in Consider

Proper right here we’re, embarking on 2024 stuffed with hope and promise. The yard does that, affords one hope and promise whatever the grim data we see on our screens. I’m going to take a yard any day over a cellphone or laptop computer, nevertheless nonetheless, it’s a time of yr after I do choose…

Take 5: Forgiving Perennials for Shade

Inside the ever-evolving look for highly effective crops in our troublesome local weather extremes, it’s time to try a few shade perennials that endure 12 months after 12 months in my less-than-ideal circumstances. I’ve many fir timber that suck up plenty of the encompassing water, so to reside proper right here and thrive, a plant…

Oh, February

Oh, February, you tease me with faux spring. Then you definately definately throw miserable chilly, moist local weather, even snow showers, my means. Excessive-quality. Time to camp out inside the greenhouse, my blissful place I identify my halfway dwelling. Halfway between being inside on a winter’s day and outdoor on a dreamy, warmth spring day.…

March

My thoughts declares that nothing is happening throughout the yard throughout the chilly, moist, dank days of March. Ah, nonetheless the thoughts can lie. After taking a pair hundred footage this weekend I see that. Buds are swelling, bees are out, birds are amassing nesting provides and it really and actually is spring. The thrilling…

April, the Gateway to Spring

The busy season is certainly proper right here! Is it ever! So no in-depth plant dive this week. Fairly, a jolly check out all points pretty (not lower than to me) inside the yard. There’s masses going down inside the yard, plus a plant sale (additional info on the end of this publish). Okay, let’s…

Tons to Love

Having enjoyable with the yard is the theme for us correct now. I do know so many gardens suffered from the brutal winter we endured, nevertheless Might seems to be the balm that heals wounds and leads me to love the yard one other time. As I stroll spherical and spherical and spherical obsessively all…

Holding My Breath

It feels common available on the market. It scares me. Certain, our springtime has been abnormally common. No premature heat waves, no scorching of tender foliage, no freak hail storms nor rain nor chilly information. Merely days of mild sunshine and temperatures largely inside the 70s with a little bit little bit of rain thrown…

Heat Wave Report

One different heat wave bought right here and went. So how did we do? Inspecting the yard I might say we fared successfully. Presumably we have drought-adapted gardening down, then as soon as extra presumably my confidence is misplaced and we’re in unchartered territory. I actually really feel the latter is perhaps additional most likely…