I thought I’d share some photos I snapped recently. The first two photos show the Ballerina rose (a hybrid musk) that is currently in full bloom in my garden. It repeats bloom throughout the summer and the foliage is healthier than my other roses even during summer’s peak heat.
The third photo shows the hills in the late afternoon as seen from my parents’ deck (the vineyard in the foreground belongs to the winery next door to us).
After nearly continuous rainy days since the start of February, we finally have some sunshine this second week of March and the garden is showing signs of life. The plum tree is almost in full bloom. The blue rosemary flowers along the garden fence are beautiful with the plum tree’s flush of bluish pink. The…
We’re trying a new zucchini seed this year developed especially for container growing, and the plants are great — giant decorative foliage with abundant zucchini tucked into the center of the bush. The variety is called Astia and is sold by Renee’s Garden seeds. If you need to grow your veggies in pots, this is…
I’m getting back to some blending now in between other things. Hope people enjoy the samples and orders that are going out. I try to pick extras people might like and always include a note with each package. I think the personal touch is one thing that’s special about being a small company, and I really do enjoy the contact…
I’ll be doing a May Flowers post for the group blogging project, but my assigned day isn’t until May 22 so I wanted to give a heads up for this May flowers event in Healdsburg: an open house on Mother’s Day at the nearby Russian River Roses nursery. I’ve mentioned this before on the…
A few days ago I watched the first flight of a gulf fritillary butterfly (shown above) after it emerged from the chrysalis; I was babysitting it for Nancy and had the fun of watching it emerge. The butterfly took a little while to fly off, flapping and drying its wings before it was ready to…
Sitting on the front porch right now is delicious with the air scented by roses and pink jasmine. The jasmine scent travels literally 20 feet from the vine, but it is on the fence farther away and mingles perfectly with the fragrance from the roses that grow up the porch posts closer in. Clematis and…
Beautiful snapshots 🙂
Thanks, Lucas!
Beautiful, Laurie! And we are so very blessed to live in these parts!
Yes, absolutely, very lucky! 🙂