You would think that I would have all kinds of time to talk about what’s going on in my garden but I always have too many avenues I’m running to the next destination. I love my garden but honestly, there isn’t always anything new to say about it. It’s just doin’ its thing, growing, moving through the seasons and is now adapting to the hotter temperatures of summer.
This is actually it’s second summer and looking back over time, I can see that overall, the garden has thrived and done well with few casualties. Which is to be expected but I guess I got lucky in that regard, because I have lost very few plants.
I received the Poppy Print newsletter from the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants the other day. And as usual, I find myself longing to drive over to the nursery, poke around, smell the plants and enjoy the ambiance of colors and sound…..lots of birds and the “crunch” of walking on the gravel pathway.
Here is a photo of the nursery from last Fall.
There’s lots of news in it about what is for sale, upcoming classes covering topics such as Irrigation for Native Plants, Maintenance, Native Plant horticulture and several others, too. All the classes are wonderful and a great way to gain information if you are interested in using Natives in your garden.
Here’s a picture of an old house that has since been restored and is now used as a classroom.
The section on what needs to be done in the garden now, is also very helpful and I always make sure that I read it so that I know what I should be doing. Sort of like what Sunset Magazine does each month in their gardening section. And of course, it’s mulching, weeding, pruning (Which I will be doing, today) and putting in plants.
Meanwhile in my garden, the Hummingbirds are returning to visit the Fuchsias that have started to bloom and the sages are beginning to go into summer hibernation, but Desert Lavender/Hyptis emoryi, continues to bloom and draw bees to each plant.
It’s warm today but not too hot and soon I will be heading outside and begin my Communion with my native garden.
