Out In The Garden Leigh on 31 Jul 2009
If I’m lucky, this little bloom will grow into a delicious cantaloupe! I didn’t get it planted till late, but probably in time to still get plenty of melons if the raccoons don’t get them first. (The chew a nice hole in the rind then scoop out all the good stuff with those little clever [...]
Out In The Garden Leigh on 29 Jul 2009
The butterflies arrived so late this year, but finally, there are lots of wings in the garden. This little guy was willing to pose for a picture….
Out In The Garden Leigh on 28 Jul 2009
I don’t have a lot of things blooming this time of year, so it’s a good thing the crape myrtle puts on her watermelon-pink show. This was our very first housewarming present from Madelyn & Dick about this time in 2005 – two one-gallon plants that I planted together in hopes of several lovely trunks [...]
Larrapin Recipes Leigh on 27 Jul 2009
Lemon Verbena has a heavenly scent so strong and amazing it is hard to believe it’s real. Like basil, it seems to have a human-catnip effect on me. The plant I bought this year is growing wonderfully, so what to do with all those lemon scented leaves? The answer was to be found as close [...]
Friends at Larrapin Leigh on 01 Jul 2009
I’ll admit it: When I first became a gardener I thought folks who were so into “native” plants were…er, a little stuffy. I mean really, with native plants populating the wild landscape everywhere else, what could it matter what I planted in my own yard? Ahhh, my innocent ignorance.
It was Sarah Stein’s book “Noah’s Garden” [...]
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