Category: Garden
my first harvest
This year, for the first time, I’m growing some cherry and grape tomatoes. These are the first batch to ripen, just picked this morning. My tomato plants are growing at a fevered pace, with lots of little green jewels just waiting for their turn to ripen and be picked. It looks like we’ll have a…
in bloom
Here’s a sampling of what’s blooming and growing in my garden this year. The dahlia above, is just one of seven dahlia plants that I’m growing from tubers this year. This is the first to bloom. I’m excited to see the rest, as I had forgotten what types I had planted. My herbs are taking…
my newest plantings
After visiting the Cleveland Botanical Gardens we headed out to Chagrin Falls to check out the Eagle Creek Garden Center. What a nice garden center. While there, I came across quite a wonderful selection of coleus. It’s been several years since I included coleus in my summer landscape. This year, I couldn’t pass up these…
Cleveland Botanical Gardens – June Visit
We had a nice visit today to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Well, mostly nice. It was very buggy. Here are few pictures from the visit. You can view the entire set here.
what the heckles, mr. speckles?
I haven’t really had much to say lately. Not much has been going on. Lots of work. On my day off Thursday, I ran to the garden center and picked up a couple flats of annuals. Came home and got them in the ground. Yea, for getting something accomplished. Loving the new washing machine. Besides…
A Day In the Gardens
We enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon touring the grounds and gardens of Stan Hywet today. The iris and peonies were in bloom. Click here to view the set of pictures, or click here to view them in a slide show.
Maple Tree Leafing Up – CHECK
Today’s the last day of my nearly-four-day weekend. Here’s today’s check list: Walk Tucker around the block – CHECK Trip to Target for the essentials – CHECK Starbucks: Passion Tea Lemonade break – Oh heck-yeah CHECK Wash hands repeatedly to avoid getting the swine flu – CHECK Lunch from Taco Bell – Ashamed CHECK Plant…
a stunningly beautiful april day
We’re in the midst of a 4-day 80 degree spell. Yesterday I cleared out the back yard flower bed. It’s ready for a planting of dahlias, snapdragons and zinnias. On the way home work today, I snapped the photo above of the large bed of tulips at Hower House on the campus of the University…
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