And working, of course. But lots of gardening. Things are in full swing in our yard. The lithodora (below) is glowing beneath the lilac that’s almost out. The Iris setosa (below) is just finishing now, but the tall and medium bearded irises are still showing their colours….. The broom plant is simply gorgeous, the columbine…
Category: Garden
Rethinking grass.
Grass is inordinately important to our neighbour. I have never met anyone who cared as tenderly for it or spent as much time coddling it as he. He mows it weekly, waters it constantly, fertilises, limes, weeds, sprays and does everything except stroke it (and he may do that at night – I haven't checked)….
The Scoop on the Dirt
The dirt party went well, I think. Heather seems to have had a good time, too. Thankfully this year her knees weren't sabotaged by too much kneeling. I didn't actually explain the dirt party concept in my first post, so here's what it was all about. When we bought this house almost two years ago,…
Let the festivities begin!
The 2nd Annual Taylor-Hood Dirt Party is scheduled for Saturday, May 20th. Celebrations will begin anytime after 9am and will continue throughout the day. Events include: rock garden construction top dressing of lawn flower bed filling stone wall construction lawn sodding and seeding rock raking stone step building hand washing The feast will be…
Illumination
Some days you just need to post a picture of a flower… Illumination, originally uploaded by VickyTH.
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 