Wordless Wednesday – Butchart Garden

   

Wordless Wednesday – Garden Bounty

Ok, so one word….YUM!

Komodo

This is Komodo the alligator lizard that lives in my garden. A lizard who is now Hunter’s friend. Notice that I am not the one handling Komodo. This is strictly a job for animal loving 6-year old Grandsons (and not squeamish 40-something year old Litas). Most days Komodo gives me quite a start as I [...]

Rosemary, Chives, Oregano & Sage

Yes, more herbs to share! As I’ve said before, I’m seriously loving the abundance of herbs growing in my yard this year. My goal is to keep them going all year long – even if I have to move some inside over the colder winter months. This week, I thought I’d share some more herb [...]

Bounty of Herbs

This year I’m celebrating pretty much everything that grows in my garden – as I think everyone should. Happily, I’ve never had trouble growing herbs. Which means, I love, love, love growing just about all of them! This weekend, along with these gorgeous tomatoes and some more tasty strawberries, I gathered some Cilantro which can [...]

The Garden’s Growing

WOW, I feel like I just put a lot of these seedlings in the ground and am so amazed at their progress. Even though I’ve been super busy at work this week (heading out on vacation next week), I wanted to get some photos up of how my herbs and veggies are growing. I’m always [...]

Green Onion Trick

So, maybe you already knew about this…it’s possible I’m the last one to realize this little trick. I can definitely be a geek that way. Did you know that you can keep your green onions growing after you bring them home from the store? My friend Kathy told me her mom does this, so I [...]

Garden Progress

My passion for gardening is in full swing right now. Thoughts about seeding, planting, designing and caring for my yard seem to be always on my mind. Last year, my garden simply never took off as I wanted it to. Not due to my lack of work though, I think there were a couple of [...]

Gardening Season Begins…

and I’m so ready…YAHOO!!! Finally, our weather is becoming “Spring-Like” and I’m just loving my mornings out in the garden. Here’s a few shots of what’s blooming so far: It’s truly unbelievable how quickly the weather has changed. We had 22 out of 25 days of rain in March. I know my yard has enjoyed [...]

New Garden Shoes

I’m not really a “shoe” person per se. Well, at least I don’t think so. The last time I was really, really excited about shoes would probably have been in my teens when I was getting a new pair of toe shoes for ballet class or tap shoes for tap class – and even then [...]

Growing Garlic

September is garlic planting time! Until last fall, I had never even thought about planting garlic. I just happened to come across a small packet of bulbs at the nursery and decided to give it a go. I put a couple (literally 2) cloves in the ground last fall and this July I harvested 2 [...]

Growing Green Post #3 – Green Gardening

I feel so fortunate that I’m able to write blog posts on “Growing Green” for my friend Nia’s site. It’s such an amazing site. Nia, alone, is an incredible friend beyond words. Then to be part of this group of incredible women who’s ideas, passions and inspirations create such joy for others…well, it leaves me [...]

Gardenin’ Update

I’m truly having a hard time focusing right now with all the excitement and preparations being made for our upcoming trip to Cannes!! But I wanted to put up a little bit about what’s going on in the garden right now. This past weekend I was finally able to get out there and, besides doing [...]

Feeling Blessed

First, I apologize for being a bit off this past week or so. My mom is here visiting from Florida and I feel it’s more appropriate to be present for her while she visits than on the internet having my usual fun. I’m working on a bunch of posts including one from our trip up [...]

Master Gardener Plant Sale

Have you ever been to a Master Gardener Spring Garden Market? Until this year, I hadn’t been. I went this past Saturday with my friends Don and Kathy. It was wild!! So many types of heirloom tomatoes (79 varieties) – it was heavenly because all you could think about is what you would make with [...]

Morning Mantra

Early morning, Pops is out of town for a week of surfing fun. Bubba, Lucy and I are up early enjoying the quiet. The birds have started their morning song. I have the coffee maker heating up and the sun is just beginning to peak through the trees. Aaaahhh the first breath of a new [...]

One Man’s Junk…another Garden’s Treasure

This is what one of the outside walls of my studio looks like: Just a bunch of random junk stuff I’ve accumulated throughout the years. In fact, a lot of this “stuff” has been given to me. I truly have a hard time turning down anything free – anything at all. I always try to [...]

Catch UP

Yesterday was my first full day around the homestead in weeks. It felt so nice to get the house clean and in order, get laundry done, the refrigerator cleaned out and at least take a look around the garden to see all the blooming I’ve been missing while we’ve been away. It’s really starting to [...]

Perfection

Perfection is overrated….I don’t do perfection – not because I don’t want to, but because I find it utterly impossible to attain that goal – in my garden, my life, my blog, etc. So, I stick with the best I can do at this moment. For instance, in my garden, I wish I had one [...]

First Bloom

Here’s the first new bloom I’ve seen in my garden this year. I love these plants…they bloom early when it’s still chilly and they do well in the shade – a key for a lot of my new garden area. I entered this in the Pioneer Woman’s shallow depth of field contest. There are so [...]

Waterlogged yard

This weekend we had a bit of a break from the rain here. Just enough to make me want to pull weeds, plant seeds, and get the garden festivities rolling…..but unfortunately NO CAN DO. All I read lately in the “garden” world is how you should not and I repeat NOT mess with wet soil. [...]