Last year at the beginning of summer, Karen was getting ready to plant her garden, and the oregano and thyme had taken over one whole end.  She called me and offered some great herbs, if I wanted them.

 

I dug out a huge clump of oregano, and started to dig the thyme.  It smelled lemony.  She laughed and told me she didn’t remember planting lemon thyme.  I took two small clumps of it!!!  So now I have thyme AND lemon thyme.

 

It’s hard to tell from the picture, but the clumps have grown to about 10 inches across, and are the most gorgeous green.  The time to harvest it, to get the best flavor, is just before it blooms.  So I’ll be watching it for flower buds.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

While I was taking pix of the kale yesterday, I saw this Black Swallowtail butterfly.  It was moving slowly, not flying, but kind of staggering.  It was really fresh looking, not old and raggedy, like they sometimes get.

 

We have raised Black Swallowtails before, and when they emerge it takes about 15 minutes for their wings to fill out and dry.

 

So I figure that it lived its life as a caterpillar in my parsley and carrots last summer, cocooned over the winter nearby, and emerged as an adult just before I saw it.  

 

I love my garden;  always something fun to see.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I thought you might like to see that I planted new kale alongside the old kale.  They all grew from seeds, but the tall ones in the back of the picture have been in the ground since March, 2023.  The ones in the foreground were started in February this year, and just got put into the garden yesterday.

 

I thought the new ones might like something to inspire them.  Anyway, the garden is getting planted, bit by bit.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

We planted several Redbud trees the first year we lived here.  One year in the spring I noticed a few Redbud seedlings growing across the driveway.  I took out some, and saved this one just opposite the original one.  

 

Now we have two Redbud trees on either side of our driveway.  The other one is bigger, but this one was FREE!!!!

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I know I’ve shown you this before, a few times, but today is another special day:  this is blog number 1500 for me.

 

I have used some pictures more than once, but each article is freshly written, with you in mind.  

 

Thanks again, Mark, for my cool sign;  and thank you to all my faithful readers.

 

 

THANKS FOR READING!!!

 

Look what’s happening with last year’s kale.  The plants are sending up bloom spikes.  See that cluster in the middle?  Looks like broccoli, tastes like broccoli, and if left alone long enough those flower clusters will bloom, then make seeds for next year’s kale.  

 

Actually, there is enough to eat some, and still save some for seeds.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

 

It is finally Spring and I thought you might like to see my beautiful Forsythia.  

 

I stuck a few twigs in a pot about 5 years ago, and left the pot under the kitchen window.  It has been growing there ever since.  The roots have grown deep into the ground, and there’s no way to move it now.  Wouldn’t want to anyway;  we can see the gorgeous blossoms out the window. 

 

And being so close to the house, the deer leave it alone.  Win/win for us.

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

Peach blossoms from The Farmers Almanac

 

 

It has been looking and feeling like Spring for the last couple weeks, but tonight it will be official.

 

Spring starts tonight at 11:06 pm.  

 

 

YAY!!!

Picture from the Internet

 

YOOHOO!!!!!

 

We now have Fiber Optic Internet Service.  May not mean anything to folks living in the big city, but we have been on the fringe of technology ever since we got here.  Now we have a speed of 80 Mbps!!!

 

Those guys were really efficient too.  They were here less than 20 minutes, and hooked up our house to the 21st century.  

 

 

WE ARE HAPPY!!!

 

Today we have an appointment to have our new fiber optic cable connected.  

 

For the past few days we have had no internet, so I have been doing everything using my phone.  It will be so nice to get back to normal.  And it will be faster.  

 

See you soon.

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!