August 2026
August was a good month for getting a surprising number of smaller projects done, and for cleaning up after installing the new deck.
July 2026
July was a pretty typical summer month in the garden. Things are blooming, things are growing — including weeds, like, well, weeds — and it’s been occasionally too damn hot (or smoky) to do anything outdoors.
June 2026
With the perennial garden replanted and annuals done for the year, June meant — as it usually does — catching up on weeding and pruning that didn’t get done while we were working on that.
The Perennial Garden
The redesigned perennial garden has been a work in progress for a few years now. This spring we were finally ready to replant!
May 2026
May is always the busiest month, with annuals to pot and plant, plus regular spring maintenance. This year we added two major projects: resurfacing the deck and renovating the perennial garden.
April 2026
It's been a very wet and chilly spring so far, so we've had to be selective with maintenance. Parts of the yard are too soggy to mow, and in some cases even to walk in. It's finally starting to dry out enough to transplant.