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Say cheese, Liesel. So, after the mass suicide of four of the six fish in my little pond, things seem to have settled down and are going well.  The plants are really taking off!  Here it is now: Compared to a couple of weeks ago: I’m super happy with this little corner of the yard.  [...]

Yesterday evening, I was waiting around in the yard for the bees to all go inside (second hive is installed!  details later!) so that I could refill their sugar water.  While I was sitting there, I realized that my yard is a bird hotspot in the evening.  There was actually a line at the birdbath.  [...]

It took a year from seed to this, but look who done growed celery that looks like real celery!  (Hint: ME!)

Liesel approves of the new, fancy outside pillows.  She still does not approve of the graffiti.

While most of my garden is focused on food-producing plants, there is one little area that is filled with flowers, especially pollinator-attracting flowers. The best part about this garden is that everything in it is perennial, but it dies back almost completely during winter.  This year, I had my doubts if anything would come back, [...]

I think this peony might be going for a world record of bloomingness.  There are five giant flowers already showing off, and at least three more waiting in the wings.  Isn’t this thing awesome?

Yesterday I spent some time replanting seeds after last week’s greenhouse catastrophe.  Things are more or less back on track now. Saturday I had started placing tomato cages around the yard, in preparation for my gagillion tomato starts.  I wasn’t intending to plant any tomatoes until next weekend, but after poking around in the greenhouse, [...]

The area area along my side fence was formerly known as cactus alley. Ugh.  The cactus horror gives me nightmares. Now, only the stumps remain (because I learned early on that trying to dig out a cactus stump is a futile, futile task), and the area is planted up with lavender, rosemary, and in one [...]