In the spring I attended a hypertufa trough building workshop and planted two it with succulents I bought at a local garden shop. My two troughs lived happily outside on the welcoming platform. When our first hard frost was threatened I brought my troughs inside and  they are now living on a broad southern windowsill in our unheated Great Room. I wasn't worried about the hardiness of the succulents, only the troughs. I haven't paid too much attention…

You may ask what this wheel suspended over a ditch has to do with plants. Well, it actually has to do with a library book about plants. I set off for the dump and the library and then realized I had my trash but not the library book Bulbs by Anna Pavord. While turning around I managed to hang the car up on a bank and my wheel was suspended which meant I couldn't go back, and I…

Today is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, and once again I am surprised at how much is still blooming in the garden. I am so glad to have this ongoing Bloom record. Echinacea and Russian Sage are in full bloom, as is the pink phlox just peeking in. I have a coupe of huge blooming clumps but no good photograph. The September sun is shining brilliantly on the garden and I am enjoying it on these cooler, breezy days. I…

It was raining when I arrived at the Franklin County Fair this past Saturday, but to some Fair goers it was just another attraction. The Roundhouse is full of flower, fruit and vegetable exhibits, as well as handcrafts: quilts, knitting, canning etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Handwork is not dead in our part of the world. There are prizes for specimen flowers, arrangements and houseplants. There were fruit specimens and fruit arrangments. Fruits and vegetables preserved for the long New…

There is no sun this morning, but the morning glories in the mist and rain are very happy. They have been told it will rain for three days. They hope this doesn't mean three days of deluge.

The clouds always provide us with a show at the End of the Road. At night the clouds play with the moon. For more skies check out Skywatch Friday.

Due to computer problems I have been out of e-contact for the past 24 hours but I now announce that Jennifer of Spiral Ridge Permaculture has won the copy of Handmade Garden Projects by Lorene Edwards Forkner. Congratulations, Jennifer.