Archive for 'Foxglove'
Posted: March 27th, 2004 by
Frank
Lisa spent the week in LA and took the red-eye home last night. While I was waiting for her, I scooped as much crud as I could out of the pond, and turned the pump back on. We lost all our fish for the second year in a row. We told the landscaper we wanted
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Posted under Algae, Daisy, Fish, Foxglove, Hollyhocks, Lamb's Ear, Lavender, Pond, Poppies, Tractor, daffodils, tulips.
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Posted: October 6th, 2003 by
Lisa
With how rainy the weather’s been this year, we’ve really gotten behind on the chores that need to get done before snow flies. We figure the only way we are going to get through them is to work outside after work if at all possible. Today, it was clear and cold, and we didn’t get
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Foxglove, Phlox, Planting, Pond, Reviews, Soil, water plants.
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Posted: June 30th, 2003 by
Lisa
The garden is definitely in transition, from our June bursts of bloom and the start of the summer colors of yellow and gold. For some reason, I seem to have a lot of white things blooming right now, not that I’m complaining. It just means I need to buy more plants! What a hardship. Madame
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Posted under Centaurea montana Mountain Bluet, Companula, Delphinium, Foxglove, Golden Globe, Honeysuckle, Madame Hardy, Roses.
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Posted: June 27th, 2003 by
Lisa
The heat wave continues here. It got as high as the mid-90s again, which just saps my energy and keeps me from wanting to do much outside at all. The string algae in the pond suddenly appeared today, from all of the hot weather, I guess. Frank fished most of it out with the net.
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Posted under Algae, Centaurea montana Mountain Bluet, Columbine, Fish, Foxglove, Lupine, Madame Hardy, Pond, Sunny, tulips.
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Posted: June 14th, 2003 by
Lisa
One of the things I got done this Saturday was planting the stuff from swapping that had come in during the week while I was out of town. I got some Monarda Purple Bea Balm in on the side of the pergola by the chives. I didn’t actually need more bea balm, but since I
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Posted under Bee Balm, Cats, Columbine, Compost, Fish, Foxglove, Gardening, Hollyhocks, Lamium, Lupine, Marmalade, Plant Swap, Planting, Princess, Ragweed, Weeding, Weeds, Yoda, astilbe, pergola, water lily.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2003 by
Lisa
Because I have no will power whatsoever, I couldn’t just order annual seeds, now could I? Do I even have room for more perennials in my garden? I must. It’s huge. Surely I can find space for hundreds of more plants. Right? Right. To make matters worse, these aren’t all perennials, even. I was just
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Posted under Cosmos, Delphinium, Foxglove, Seed Starting.
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