Busy as bees

This year has been more hectic than I ever anticipated, both in and out of the garden.  Although I have continued to take garden notes and pictures, I have not had time to polish them.  If you haven’t noticed, I have been trying to at least regularly update this year’s planting list.

As I write this, it’s raining yet again, hence my having time to write.  If it wasn’t, I’d be out pulling up all the purple loosestrife that is now plaguing the front yard. Continue reading “Busy as bees”

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strawberries everywhere followup part 2

Today, as I am yanking up my latest nemesis–purple loosestrife–I see a tiny blob of red.  “Huh,” I think to myself, “That’s new.”

Strawberries.  Three tiny ones on a plant buried in the front yard sloped portion’s masses of wildflowers and grasses.  Then I find another plant close by, also with red budding berries. Continue reading “strawberries everywhere followup part 2”