Geum, Mango Lassi

Purple winterberry

Blueberries, yum

Peony buds

Two years

It's been a two year hiatus for my garden blog. As it turned out, it's been a two year hiatus for my garden.

Just weeks after my last post I began having serious health problems that took a long time to understand and treat. Now I'm better.... better-ish.... good enough.

Good enough to work in the yard again. And oh boy howdy! Emphasis on the word work. So much to do, to fix, to save, to begin again.

I don't think I'll have time to blog as I did before, but I will post a picture from time to time. I enjoyed re-reading my old posts today and I would like to get back there one day.

Wish me luck!

Healthful neglect

In 2007 I discovered a clematis thriving under some overgrown weedy vines in an area of the garden I had been ignoring for a couple of years. Planted in '04, the clematis had never bloomed, and I assumed it was long dead and gone.

It thrived in neglect, and nearly immediately upon care -- I pruned it, cleaned up the root area, watered it, etc -- it died.

There's a lesson in there somewhere.

I began this blog as way to keep a garden journal (when I did what, where, & why) and share that information. But, I have other priorities in my life right now and for the coming year, so I'm going to ignore this blog for a while.

To wit, my travel blog: http://mercatorial.blogspot.com/