P came outside in the morning as I was having coffee on the patio, and he had my binoculars. He told me where to look, and at first, I thought I was seeing a dead groundhog. Dunno why I thought “dead”, but I did. Nope, not a groundhog, and very much alive! Every time I’d […]

I put some more coneflower seedlings in the perennial bed, and added a few more bags of mulch (went to Walmart after work and got 8 bags). Only one more plant to go in there, but since it still looks pretty much the same, I didn’t take a picture. I did, however, take a picture […]

As much as I didn’t want the extra work, I installed edging around the big perennials bed. P bought it for me; he’s not much of a gardening kind of guy, but very supportive of my projects in other ways. Planted some coneflowers from C.’s seeds in the bed around the pipevine. I’ll add a […]

Finally! I’ve been waiting forever for the Monarda to bloom, and not only did I get a bloom, I got a teeny-tiny little manti-dude friend! Given the dark manti-knees, I’ll hazard a guess it’s a Carolina, and given the fact that there was a Carolina ootheca on the Tornado Honeysuckle when we brought it from […]

I had plants waiting for me when I got home, but the only ones I was ready for were the three blazing star I’d got to go with the two I already had. I thought I’d ordered the same kind as the first time, but I didn’t; these are a slightly different cultivar. Will butterflies […]