Oregon Tree Hugger

9′ 8″ … this is how tall my daughter’s sunflower now is. It was about 2 inches tall when we bought it at the Lane County Extension plant sale in the spring for a quarter, and now it towers over my fence at over 10 feet off the ground. (The top of the garden bed [...]

The plants can’t seem to figure out what month it is, thanks to the weather. One day it’s hot and one of my broccoli plants bolted into pretty flowers, the next it’s cool and the radishes and cauliflower are happy but the melons keeled over and died. Click on any picture to see the gallery.

We actually have four colors of Iris this year that I did not see last year. The things that come up here continue to amaze me! Some people might find the randomness to be annoying, as we didn’t plant any of this stuff so we don’t really know what is going to come up. I [...]

Spring has sprung on me quite early this year. Take a garden tour with me and see what has decided to come up a month or two early over here.

I have Bearded Iris popping up in more colors than I have ever imagined. Come see the latest finds in my front yard!

Our mystery bulbs are finally sprouting! Read on for the pictures, and leave a note in the comments if you care to take a guess as to the identity of this midseason-blooming bulb!