My citronella geranium flowered! I think it's the first time ever.

I kind of lost interest in keeping this blog going- I don't seem to have many readers, and nobody to talk about plants with. Didn't ...

This was great. Local gardener's plant swap was today. Here's what I took to give away: two young tomato plants, three pots of sorre...

Today pricked out the tomato seedlings into pots.  Over half my tatsoi got eaten by a slug before I remembered to put out a beer trap. A sin...

A few days ago I planted out parsley, dill and chervil. Parsley into planter boxes on the deck railing, chervil into deck pots, half the dil...

Actually, that was not so hot for April yesteraday. I suppose it just felt so. I looked it up- record temperature for this area in April wa...

It's crazy hot today- for April. A few weeks from our last frost date, and it's 85°. But a few nights this week still below forty, ...

 Yesterday my tithonia, marigolds, fenugreek and summer savory sprouted. This morning the clary sage, sweet basil and most of the tomatoes- ...

Sweet basil  Aromatto basil Banana peppers Ancho peppers Sweet Italian peppers Summer savory Fenugreek Marigolds Tithonia Culinary sage Blue...

I'm trying again, to dig and move young holly plants. This one a three-year-old plant that I'd let grow up beside the fence. Becaus...

For the first time, most of my african violets are blooming simultaneously. It's hard to get a good photo of them together because of th...

Carrots and beets are sprouting. Yesterday I planted out into the garden beds shelling peas, yellow snap peas, the collard greens and half t...

Or, just me sad for a fish- I don't know how he feels. My little blue betta doesn't look well at all. His head has gradually been t...