Category: garden

Between my watering and the rain we got, the plants are all starting to look a bit healthier. We’re on restricted watering, so I have to water on Thursday even if I think there is a good chance it will rain Friday. It seems dumb, but restricted watering increases my usage of water.

Here’s one from our backyard.

Clearing the ivy from the woods has allowed many other plants to grow. I did not plant these lilies; they just appeared. Last fall I cleared the area in which they grew, and I was so excited to see them appear this spring!

Every year around this time, when we can spend long hours outside, I get the urge to read my Provencal and Tuscan books and to cook meals I imagine we would eat if we were there. The girls cut flowers for our table and trimmed some of our rosemary for me to use in the…