Summer Waxing Strawberry Moon It seems the gods of fate have not left our pack just yet. Today was the annual physical for all of our dogs, a process that begins with luring Vega and Rigel into the back of … Continue reading
Spring Full Flower Moon Dicentra in deep pink, iris in deep purple, tulips in yellow, red, orange and purple, daffodils in many combinations of yellow and white, plus, amazing for this time of year, lilacs, fill out the full flower … Continue reading
Beltane Full Flower Moon Beware success with perennial flowers. I have, long ago, mastered the art of growing asiatic lilies, iris and day lillies. To my occasional regret. The asiatic lilies are not too much of a problem though even … Continue reading
Beltane Full Flower Moon The full flower moon rises tonight on beds full of daffodils, tulips, snowdrops and small blue flowers whose name I don’t recall. The furled hosta leaves that come up in a tightly packed spiral have begun … Continue reading
84 bar falls 29.97 0mph NEE dew-point 50 sunrise 6:33 sunset 7:53 Lughnasa New (Harvest) Moon When I began to plan the beds for the transplanted lilies and iris, I realized it would be good to dig in daffodils, too. … Continue reading
70 bar steady 30.01 2mph NEE dew-point 47 sunrise 6:26 sunset 8:05 Last Quarter of the Corn Moon moonrise 2306 moonset 1138 While dividing the iris rhizomes this morning, the air was cool and the sun shifted in … Continue reading
82 bar rises 29.65 omph ESE dew-point 69 sunrise 6:23 sunset 8:07 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Corn Moon moonrise 2246 moonset 1316 These are iris rhizomes. I spent the morning and a hour this afternoon digging these up out of our … Continue reading
81 bar falls 29.88 1mph NNE dew-point 65 sunrise 6:22 sunset 8:09 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Corn Moon Moving daylilies today. At last. Moved several large clumps of daylilies to new beds where they will provide a barrier between wild vegetation … Continue reading
54 bar steady 29.77 3mph ENE dewpoint 32 Spring New Moon This is a fecund time. I spent a couple of hours today putting down pre-emergent weed prevention in the flower beds, moving some mulch completely off now, the … Continue reading