My Quality Day

This is the most successful year yet for the Oriental Poppies! The first red-orange ones opened on May 28. Most of the other buds opene...

Not a quality topic, but it sort of goes with the territory of gardening. These three plants which I bought last year seem to be really and ...

I don't know about you, but I am absolutely ready for something a little more spring-like outside. Meanwhile, it was Easter! A great w...

I'm making progress weeding the rock garden. The most difficult (steepest) part is done, but I'm not ready to do an entire report ye...

I am SO happy with the way this garden is turning out that I go outside probably twice a day just to look at it (in addition to any work I d...

 This is the 'Blackberry Wine' corydalis I got from Ester years and years ago. It always looks great in this early part of the seaso...

 I've been working on weeding the front flower bed. Not done yet, but this one is much easier than the rock garden. The Fleeceflowers ar...

 I have to lead with the stunner, the oriental poppy. This is a great success story. I rescued this nearly shaded-out and dead poppy from th...