So sore...I spent three exhausting hours this morning cleaning, digging, and planting, but I am happy to report that everything that needs doing so far in my container garden is done. The last of the debris from last year has been cleaned out, and I was glad to see that nearly all of the perennials I planted last summer (lilies, roses, dianthus, ( Read more... )

Sorting/editing/resizing all this pictures is hard work! Even discarding everything that is blurry and/or overexposed (usually due to other people's flashes O_o), I'll still probably have more than 200 that are usable. Needless to say I won't post them all, and the ones that are coming will be in installments, so as not to completely overwhelm ( Read more... )

*Yawn* Oh man, that took the energy right out of me. After 5+ hours of sensory overload, I am utterly exhausted >_____< I did have a wonderful time, though! There were plenty of amazing and beautiful things to see, and I even did a little shopping--I picked up a pot of miniature irises, and three wee baby fuchsia plants, for which I now need to ( Read more... )

The Philadelphia Flower Show, March 5-12

["Enchanted Spring...A Tribute to Mother Nature" will take visitors from the fantastical to the practical and inspire even the most hesitant of gardeners to take up a trowel and start planting. Discover the largest plant sculpture in the world, Natura, goddess of Nature, rising 27 feet from the Show floor. ( Read more... )