Homemade food & drink love
For a person who grew up not growing anything in a garden or doing any homemaking crafts like canning, I’ve grown to make a lot of homemade love (apologies to the late J. California Cooper) in food and drink.
A black-ish iris blooms
The photo on the left is a picture of iris variety “Before the Storm” in bloom in my yard from a few years ago. The iris on the right is called “Midnight Oil”; I took this picture of it blooming only a few weeks ago.
Native garden beauties
Two wildflower plants native to this part of the world have bloomed in my garden: wild geranium and Canada violet.
Rainbow goddesses rising
Iris is the goddess of the rainbow, and she lends her name to a family of flowers prized for their colorful beauty.
Violet of a different color
One of the violets of a color other than purple that I collected and planted last year has bloomed. It’s mostly white with a light blue tint on the inside of its petals. This is my first success in adding color diversity to my front yard violet ground cover.
More early bloomers
There’s more early bloomers happening in my garden, including grape hyacinths and violets.
A native wildflower blooms
The latest bloom from my garden is the native wildflower hepatica.
Spring’s trying to be sprung
A photo of the first flower of the year in my garden heralds hope for spring.