My offerings for today are the good, the bad, and the beautiful--with a quandary thrown in. I'm going to start with the beautiful--the distinctive woodland native azalea in the featured photo above. (Email readers, remember to click on the name of the post in your message to see the featured photo.) 1. I've been waiting …
"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 …
I just returned to the lake after being away for two weeks and found a number of faithful signs of spring waiting for me. Several of those plants and progress on a new garden bed are my subjects for this Saturday. Readers can follow the developments in other gardens around the globe by visiting the …
It has been raining off and on almost all week in Alabama. Throughout the state and the Southeast Wednesday and Thursday, there was destruction and death caused by strong thunderstorms, winds, and tornadoes. Personally, I was spared and am thankful for that. Most of my six offerings this week are related to that rain, though. …
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 an extended holiday break of two months, it’s good to return to After Eden by starting 2020 out with a “six on Saturday” entry. As far as the garden goes, I’ve spent most of the intervening time working with leaves, or more accurately against leaves, mulching many for use in the shade beds in …
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 …
