The Morning Report

Karl finished the terraced beds project yesterday, just after the April snow surprise. The terraced beds connect and unify with the kitchen garden trellis frame, from the ground up, creating […]

On Good Friday, a day off, Karl started his weekend spring project: building wood-framed terraced beds in the Roses and Kitchen Garden. This type of design is something we’ve imagined

This photo was taken in the Rainbow Garden, where Karl and I planted crocus bulbs one-by-one last fall on our hands and knees. You can imagine how upsetting is was

Miss Honey and I noticed on our morning walk the pale pink buds on the Korean Forsythia, preparing to open. Our neighbor across the street is selling his home, if

We awoke this morning to an outdoor scene of steady snow falling, blanketing again the bulbs who had thought- right – that now is the season of emerging. Moving forward

We’re thrilled to see these rock iris blooming in March! Karl remembered last year, this time, we still had at least a foot of snow on the ground. Also, I

Keeping perfect time with the liturgical calendar, these blossoms are. Amethyst petals even echo the colors of the season, and the Passion – upcoming. I also like to envision a

Karl’s mom gifted us with these beautiful blue heron decoys at Christmastime – Thanks again Jan! I pulled them out of dry storage over the weekend and set them up