Is It Summer Now, Or...?

While I continue to get absolutely no knitting done (but the writing hasn't faltered yet, so I think that's a plus) I have still made some time for the garden. So far we've had the most dismal spring I can remember, and this week - the last fortnight before summer - we have finally had some heat. The last three days were hot! It's been having quite an effect.

The colour of this bloom is genuinely fluorescent.

NaNoWriMo and Me: Why My Knitting is On Hold

Ever since I was a kid I've dreamed of being an author. I mean, who doesn't? It's not a rare dream, and those with the talent and passion to follow through are the part that's hard to come by. I'm not even sure I have either of those but what I do have is a sort of idiotic ambition. Sure, I might not have put in the hard yards yet, but I can, and I'm gonna get there any day now!

How do you write?

In that mindset I am, once again, participating in National Novel Writing Month this November (and probably not as much knitting as I'd been planning).

Blunder Woman: Storm Damage

Have you ever put your seed trays out in the sun and then, without thinking about the impending bad weather, gone inside for a quick nap? No? Just me?

Pictured: the contents of my third seed tray. Not pictured: the third seed tray.

An Explosion of Life

Now that we've had a few warm spring days all that rain is really paying off: everything is growing like mad (weeds included of course) and I'm starting to feel really guilty about how much time I'm not spending in the garden. I did have a nap lying in the sun, though, and it was glorious. I can really see the appeal of this photosynthesis business.

I think the blueberries are starting to berry!

Spring is Happening!

Spring has barely arrived but the garden is not wasting any time. Roses I pruned a few weeks ago already have buds on them. Bees are swarming around the lavender. Flowers I didn't know I even had have bloomed and it's just so pleasantly warm. Spring is HERE!

Oh, and - contain your excitement, folks - the artichoke is flowering.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Springtime

As we approach the official beginning of spring I can't help but think that the garden knows something I don't - the plum tree has burst into flower seemingly overnight, the nights are cool but still, the days boast the most room-temperature weather I've ever felt and there is green everywhere. It's as if we're on the verge of an explosion of life, and everything is just quietly waiting for the signal to go. I can't wait.

Garden State: May

The garden is changing so fast! I've only been here six months and already things are growing mad. When I look at it day to day the differences aren't so drastic but in the process of taking pictures of everything that's growing I've created a handy record to compare - so today we're gonna have a little then-and-now on how much things have grown.

Sweet Peas, planted (probably?) around St Patrick's Day - two month's growth