Tag: flower garden
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.