It’s that time of year again. With the help of 2 of my granddaughters, we harvested over 300 beautiful garlic bulbs. After harvesting garlic, it needs to be cured for proper storage. We have ours hanging in the garage with a fan circulating air around them for the next 3 weeks. “It smells great!”
Native honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens ‘Magnifica.’
My friend who took this image tells me, “Each Spring a male hummingbird parks himself at the top of the trellis supporting this vine, and spends the entire summer fending off all rivals who would dare try to sip from HIS honeysuckle!
For more information about this wonderful plant, see these growing guidelines.
A natural non-chemical lawn is wonderful for children, pets, . . . and bunnies! Each evening Peter Cottontail emerges to browse on the copious clover in the lawn. He likes it much better than any of the plants in the garden (so far). The Northeast Organic Farming Association has a great introduction to organic lawn care.
Come along with me on a video tour of our Medicine Wheel garden.
There are so many varieties of basil. In fact hundreds of varieties. Here, we are starting Siam Queen basil, which has a delightful licorice flavor.
Nettle!
Garlic (bulbs planted last autumn)
Catnip!
Our webmaster Chuck Landrey started these Mexican Sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifolia, two weeks ago. Notice the seed husk still on the leaf tip at left.
With only six weeks until the last frost date here in southern Connecticut, seed-starting is in full swing. If you have any seed-starting questions, just ask! Cheryl most likely has the answer.
By the way, in the post below this, you can see Maia standing in front of, yes, Mexican Sunflowers.
One of witch hazel’s healing properties is the beauty of its mid-winter flowers
Thank goodness for witch hazel, Hamamelis virginiana. Besides its many healing properties, this shrub has the amazing trait of blooming mid-winter. Here’s a photo from this morning after 11″ of snow fell overnight.
What sign of spring do you most look forward to?
Our Open Garden day on June 22nd was a joyous success. Many people toured the gardens while partaking of tasty snacks and herbal tea. The weather goddess Knut was kind, holding off the rain and thunder until later in the evening. Click any image for a slide show.
In our Sacred Wheel Garden, flamboyant poppies gallop over refined chives.
