letters from the wilderness
Yesterday, we took a break from our usual weekend gardening projects and visited Reedy Farm in Monroe, VA for their Open Garden Day. It was the perfect day! I had forgotten how much I love daylilies, maybe because the deer like them, too. In Pennsylvania, we only grew the common orange daylilies that grow like... Continue Reading →
While my husband dug up the roots of the trees we had removed last fall, I started working on our fountain. When we moved in a few years ago, the fountain didn’t appear to be operational. The top piece had broken off. The bottom part was filled with irises and leaves. Last summer I moved... Continue Reading →
Last fall, we had the river birch next to our home taken down. River birches are messy trees. This one kept dumping branches on the roof of the house which would end up in the gutters and cause the water to overflow and damage the wood around the front door. The water also eroded the... Continue Reading →
Recently I decided to try growing my own amaryllis from seed. Thanks to advice from a friend, I pollinated the amaryllis I bought at Home Depot after Christmas for half price. Then I waited and watched. I saw these bulbs begin to swell on 4 plants. If the bulbs continued to increase in size beyond... Continue Reading →
2 dogs and a house 