So…I wrote this post last week, and was literally bragging about the mild weather while I had been seeing snow on other peoples’ feeds. Well, I guess it’s just winter now? I wasn’t expecting to have much of anything still blooming since last month, and up until early this week, everything described below was still […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – August 2018
I wasn’t expecting to have many blooms left in August for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day thanks to the hot month of July with very little rain. But, thanks to some very tough and forgiving plants, as well as some end of season clearance purchases from Moore and Moore Garden Center, I still have some blooms, […]
Crape Murder or the Horrific Butchering of Crape Myrtle Trees
Since spring has arrived, I have loved seeing all the trees, shrubs, and flowers blooming. But with spring comes some major gardening atrocities, the most egregious being the “pruning” of crape myrtle trees. A short walk through my neighborhood found some prime examples (sorry neighbors). Don’t believe that this is a real problem? Well this […]