November cold rains
Brown stalks, rotten fruits, bare ground
Spring seems far away

More  tub!

Extra fun tubtime!

Green or white (trash)

So we've been renovating and renovating and renovating. Years of renovation. Tearing down and building back up.

And in that process, we've tossed debris left and right.

But something about the bathtub ... the concavity, the depth and width and height - it sparked an idea.

So we hauled out to the back, and voila! An extra one-third of my planting space is born.

One thing nags though - is this a "green" solution? Or just plain white trash?

The Lithidora has bloomed! So pretty, so purple. It's funny how living flowers are never too cutesy, never precious, even though a painting of them might be.

Pictures to be uploaded soon.

Pleased with Perennials

Woot! Just look at that Bleeding Heart! I am declaring this year a success already, even though I've done just about nothing. And it's all due to this Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis - thanks Wikipedia), that I put in last year, and some other comebacks:



The luscious Lithidora (Grace Ward variety)

Always-reliable Clematis (White and Purple)

And an assortment of spring bulbs.