well it's been a while since the last garden update. the most exciting event has been seeing the buds on the daffodils; i just noticed them yesterday. a couple weeks ago i launched a "daffodil recovery project" to excavate some of the areas where i thought bulbs should be growing. i found a few green tips and so dug the soil away from them so ( Read more... )

A fungus among us: powdery mildew on the leaves of the butterfly plants only a couple months old. I noticed this white dusty looking stuff on them and didnt think much of it, since the plants were growing fine, although the leaf edges seemed irregular (wonder whats causing that?). Then about a week - maybe even longer - after first noticing the ( Read more... )