Six on Saturday | 25th July 2026
Curtain up on the July garden: new understudies, a transatlantic plot twist, and a rebuilt terrace.
Six on Saturday | 18th July 2026
Back after a week off: a rehabilitated jungle, a spitefully shorn rose, and the first dahlias of the year.
Six on Saturday | 4th July 2026
A rose that nobody planted, the first trickle of food from dirt to kitchen, and a grape with delusions of grandeur.
First Harvest: Asparagus and Fried Eggs
Five spears, 61 grams of asparagus, and a kid who only wants the tips.
In a Vase on Monday | 29th June 2026
A peony vase cut at 9PM, racing the first thunderstorm of the season.
Finnish Flower Arranging 101
This is the kind of flower arranging they don’t teach you at those fancy workshops with the shallow bowls of floral foam and the instructor murmuring about negative space. Which is a shame, because it’s a public service, technically.
In a Vase on Monday | 22nd June 2026
The seven flowers of midsummer, per Finnish folklore — with one columbine getting in on a technicality.
Six on Saturday | 20th June 2026
Midsummer chaos — lilac haircuts, lupine cascades, and one increasingly singular poppy.
In a Vase on Monday | 15th June 2026
The two oldest and most dependable perennials on the property show up for their annual closeup.
Six on Saturday | 13th June 2026
Three vines eating the house, one reliably punctual peony, and the start of a homegrown wasabi bed.
In a Vase on Monday | 8th June 2026
The Annual Reaping of the Lupines bouquet — an invasive that gets a stay of execution for being pretty.
In a Vase on Monday | 1st June 2026
Three measly stalks of lily of the valley, hiding inside a bouquet that smells entirely of lilac.
Six on Saturday | 30th May 2026
First asparagus, dahlias going in, and a rowan sapling that delivered itself by airmail.
In a Vase on Monday | 25th May 2026
I went outside with a simple plan: anemone, maybe some bergenia. I came back with five different flowers, wind damage cuttings, and a sugar bowl doing its best vase impression.
Six on Saturday | 23rd May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace. The family pear tree is finally flowering, forget-me-nots are spreading, and I went to a plant fair for peaches and pelargoniums and left with… neither.
In a Vase on Monday | 18th May 2026
First official cut flowers from the garden this year. A dozen mixed narcissi from the flower field and a few branches of feral pear blossoms.
Six on Saturday | 16th May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace this week. A feral pear putting on a show, a photo shoot, and houseplants finally escaping to their summer homes.
Six on Saturday | 9th May 2026
A spring surprise that I forgot I’d planted. Dogtooth violets from 2023 finally blooming, wood anemones just in time for Mother’s Day, and the front flower bed getting camera-ready for… reasons.
In a Vase on Monday | 4th May 2026
Freesias are one of my all-time favorite flowers. I’ve been obsessed with them since I first caught a whiff, which predates my Bath & Body Works Freesia lotion phase. If you know, you know.
Six on Saturday | 2nd May 2026
This red pelargonium came in from the garden last autumn and has not stopped blooming since. The sun came back, the Easter decorations came out, it said “You know what? More flowers.” It deserved its own entry.
In a Vase on Monday | 27th April 2026
I wasn’t expecting to join in for another few weeks — there’s nothing to cut outside yet. But the windowsill pelargonium needed trimming, and the bud vases needed filling, so here we are.
Six on Saturday | 25th April 2026
Snow that didn’t arrive, kalanchoes from three different Christmases, an accidental amaryllis discovery, and dahlias plotting their summer takeover.
Six on Saturday | 18th April 2026
Hügelkultur experiments, crocus dreams, heritage seeds from Nordgen, and a school greenhouse with a story I’ll tell you someday.
Six on Saturday | 11th April 2026
Week six. Ten beds down, the alliums are in the ground, someone has been eating my pea seedlings, and the bird feeder is doing brisk business. Plus a baguette mystery.
Six on Saturday | 4th April 2026
Week five, beds waking up, and the neighbors are still giving me looks. Asparagus and garlic beds cleaned up and interplanted, carrots in the ground chasing 2023’s legendary surplus, and a mystery volunteer that may or may not be borage.
Six on Saturday | 28th March 2026
Week four, and the rain did its work. Rhubarb shoots, an overgrown yew getting identified, snowdrops under the plum trees, and a birthday party revelation about raw rhubarb.
Six on Saturday | 21st March 2026
This week we’re going indoors. One pothos cutting from 2010 became a dynasty spanning every room in the house. There’s also a revenge Brugmansia, a succulent that taught my son that broken doesn’t mean dead, a Christmas cactus I snapped in half, and two freshly planted beds of broad beans.
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