

Happy New Year!
Its been a temperate December despite our recent, but short cold spell. In Fall of 2021 we planted Anna's Red hellebores. They didn't...


A Lovely November 2022
November brought a few unexpected freezes, but also rain. Autumn seems to have arrived late for the Triangle this year. I had to delay...


Autumn Colors
The growing season is closing, but it brings coolness, gorgeous colors and the biggest plus, no mosquitos! The photo below is our garden...


Transitions: Coming of Autumn
A magical hummingbird moth on Sept. 21st. I can't believe that the camera caught his curled probiscus. That is truly special. It looks...


Late July - Mid August 2022
Like so many people across the world, we are experiencing high temperatures with very little rain. The garden is suffering. There have...


June Beauty 2022
Despite the fairly dry Spring and tornadic weather with the occasional deluge the daylily season started in early June as normal. The...


Tornado and Rain
What a crazy few days. Our neighborhood was visited by a tornado on May 23th. Amazingly, very little damage occurred when you consider...


Mid-Spring Hues, Early May 2022
Wild yellow oxalis plants have crept into the garden. I will leave them as this is a happy circumstance. The delicate pops of yellow...


April 2022
The lead photo is a perennial wild columbine. This year it is looking great. I don't have a lot of success with these plants. This is...


March 2022
Spring is racing towards us now. The weather has been a bit up and down as you would expect. This week we had above normal temps in...