perennials

• May 29, 2016

  Gardening in the Shade

  I was always under the impression that not much grew in the shade. The only shade plants I really knew were impatiens and hostas. The problem was, I had created a landscaped area in our backyard, beside our deck and underneath a weeping cherry tree.  The area gets a sun in the spring, but by…

• May 1, 2016

  Divide and Conquer and Other Spring Garden Happenings

  Spring came early this year. Then it quickly faded back into winter — jumping to summer for a couple days and then back to winter. Kind of feels like the changing of the seasons in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. At any rate, I’ve been trying to get outdoors whenever the weather decides it…

• March 8, 2016

  Planning and Plotting this Year's Garden

  The first crocus of the season – Spring is coming! Every winter, I have a tendency to hibernate. The cold and I don’t get along very well. The past couple years, I made a concerted effort to get out and enjoy winter and the snow for what it is — and we actually had a…