This week I have colorful blooms, squirrel damage, an unknown, and an amphibian. Before I get to them, though, I want to note the site that serves as the host of "Six on Saturday." Visit The Propagator's blog for guidelines for participation, another great six, and links to many more. 1. My first is the …
My six for this week are yellow, purple, and promising of good things to come. Before I start, though, I want to remind readers that they, too, can join in Six on Saturday by going to the site of the Propagator and following the participant guidelines. While there, look at the comments on the current …
I have not posted anything for Six on Saturday for a few weeks now; the reason can be found in the featured photo above. The storms that ravaged the Southeast U.S. on Easter Sunday, 12 April 2020, took with them several trees on the fringes of the wooded portion of the garden and one in …
"Staying home" as I am, I spend lots of time working in and wandering about the garden--always with my phone, and therefore camera, at hand. And that means photos, lots of photos. My "six" for today will be one photo a day since last week's Six on Saturday, well one photo a day except for …
Writing a post about springtime blooms this week carries with it a bittersweet poignancy. We look to the leafing of the trees, to the flowering of the spring plants, and especially to the appearance of ephemerals that flourish for a brief beautiful time before retreating again into the earth, to assure us that nature goes …
Alabama has entered a predicated climate pattern of wet winters and springs, and dry late summers. Temperatures are also fluctuating widely. Whether due to those factors or Nature's whimsy, there has been little progress in flowering since my last post two weeks ago. Before I get to what I do have to share, though, I'll …
After a very dry late summer, recent fall rains have revived many of the shrubs in the garden, but I have very few fall blooming flowers--and those that are blooming are ragged at best. In fact, most of the shrubs and trees turned drought-brown before taking on any fall color; however, I do have a …
1. The record for this Saturday pretty much picks up where my post ended two weeks ago with Japanese Anemone--only now, the buds have turned to blooms. Today, they are living up to one of their common names, windflowers, as they sway quite gracefully on their very long stalks in a gentle breeze. The Anemone …
It has been a few weeks since I've published a Six on Saturday post, but I've been following several other global gardeners and the meme site initiated by The Propagator. I hope that some of my readers have done the same. I do have, though, six things to pass along for this next-to-last Saturday in …
I'm still enjoying some natives coming up where they want to both in the wooded area of the garden and in other open areas. One of those natives I had never seen before. I'll save that and a non-native until the end. I'll begin with a more familiar plant I have often cut to the …
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