Category: Musings

I know. Eeewww. But earwigs are the bane of my gardening existence. They eat more of my young vegetable plants than any other pest.

I’ve been running a series on regenerative landscaping on another blog and asked folks to send me their garden stories. This one was one of my favorites:

Two weeks ago, there was a knock on my door. As I could not see anyone in the window, I knew who it was. My six year old neighbor, still too short to be seen in the door window. He was holding a bucket with three large Shasta Daisy plants. From his garden to mine. Three years ago, he brought me three small salvias from his garden, which are now a sprawling section of salvia in my yard. I named that section after him.

Another friend brought me a little plant and said, “hummingbirds love this, but you’re going to hate me if you plant it.” She was right on both counts. Transylvania Salvia, a non-native plant, it spreads like the weed it is. Luckily, all it takes is decapitating the seedlings and they go away. Otherwise, I might just hate her for that invasive nightmare.  But the hummingbirds sure do love it.

My first backyard iris, just in time for weather

Nora is all of us this Monday. She is snuggled down in the coop and could not be enticed to come out this morning. And yes, those are stuffed animals (from her dog buddies) that she’s curled up with. She is getting up there in age, so if she wants to sleep in, she can sleep in.