It can't all be weeding and watering, fertilizing and pruning, otherwise, I rather think there wouldn't be any gardens. So take a stroll with me, and let's see what is blooming today. This is my newest rose, a Week's Rose named Edith's Darling. I call her Penelope. I went to the Antique Rose Farm in Snohomish to get a yellow rose, and came home with five new bushes. Whoops! If you haven't been there, it's worth the trip. Impatiens, doing what they do best. Growing against a p

Greetings from the middle, the betwixt and between of spring and fall, the center of summer gardening. It's a busy time, is it not? Watering, weeding, pruning and whoops! The soil is dry again. The radishes are popping out of the ground, apples are beginning to drop out of overladen branches, the roses need dead-heading again and the lilac has shoots springing up everywhere. What a beautiful joy it is to nurture the garden! If I'm not careful, however, it's possible to let al