Ah, the spicy, sweet scent of the Daphne Odora! I want more of these shrubs in my garden! The flowers are tiny, each smaller than a dime, but so fragrant. It's been a very mild January so far. Temps in the 50s, occasionally upper 60-70s. We might see some mixed wintry weather tomorrow, but no lasting cold. My big pink geranium... ...see more

My one lone Meyer Lemon is really turned yellow! Almost time to pick it. It's indoors now as it got a bit nippy in November and early December. Of course now it's warmed up again... that's winter in Georgia for you. My paper whites have bloomed nicely also. I learned this trick of planting the bulbs in a tall glass container... ...see more

This Thanksgiving week I am truly thankful for my family and friends.

Fall pansies are planted and in the yard the Japanese Maples are at their peak of color. It's been pretty warm with no hard frosts yet so my nasturtiums are still blooming! And I've still got my one slowing ripening Meyer Lemon.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
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The herb spiral was so serene and orderly when it was first planted. Now it's "Herbs Gone Wild!" Everything has grown tremendously as we've gotten a fair amount of rain despite the high temps. Lots of cherry & pear tomatoes growing on increasingly untidy vines. Basil waiting to be made into pesto and some pretty nasturtiums... ...see more

We have several teeny-tiny Meyer Lemons on our little potted shrub. The plant is only about 16-18 inches high and already has several lemons the size of small olives on it! 
The herb spiral garden is filling out nicely and I've even manager to get nasturtiums to sprout. For some reason I've always had terrible luck with nasturtiums.... ...see more

Last night I made a delicious chicken salad with fresh tarragon and chives plus a good handful of Sugar Snap peas all from my kitchen garden! yumm, yumm! :-)

My Rosabillow Hydrangea is already blooming and it's not yet May! And the bearded iris my Mom gave me last year finally started to bloom. Today was the Norcross Garden Club annual spring plant sale. Lots of nice plants to choose from including many pass-along plants from member's gardens. I have some nice additions to the herb... ...see more

I've gotten my herb spiral started! After stumbling across some photos of herb spirals I realized my little kitchen garden space was perfect for one. I visited the rock yard and filled the back of my car with 120 lbs. of nice Georgia river rocks. Cleaned up the garden from the winter's crop of arugula and failed Brussels sprouts... ...see more

It's been rather warm around here for March. Seems we had spring instead of winter and now we're slipping into early summer with temps in the high 70s/low 80s! In the Atlanta area it's been gorgeous! Every spring blooming tree and shrub is in full bloom. Redbuds, Bradford pears, cherry trees, dogwoods, azaleas, forsythia, Japanese... ...see more

It continues to be a eerily warm winter. The yellow Crocus is up about 2 weeks ahead of last year and the Hellebores (Lenten Roses) are in full bloom. Pansies in the whiskey barrel planter look great and 2 potted geraniums have survived on the front porch and are still blooming. The kitchen garden has some nice bunches of arugula... ...see more

My Kumasaka Camelia (Camellia japonica "Kumasaka") is blooming really nicely this warm January. It's been a warm January for Atlanta. My little fig tree needs to be relocated, but it already has leaf buds. So we'll see... Also saw a couple of deer in the front yard this week. First time I've ever seen deer in our yard.

It's almost Thanksgiving and Mr. Stipey, Cherokee Purple & Sungold continue to try to produce tomatoes! Hot Korean & Jalapeno chili peppers are still growing also. We've had a few frosts, but no deep freezes yet. Arugula and Brussels sprouts doing well.

We're expecting another frost so I harvested the last of the Mr. Stripey tomatoes and will let then ripen indoors. The bell peppers and jalapeno peppers are still trying to produce. We'll see what happens... The Arugula is coming along great and I've got 4 little Brussels Sprout plants also.  

One of my Mr. Stripey tomatoes has finally ripened! Nothing all summer and then for some reason in September it decided to produce tomatoes. Now one of the beauties has ripened. It's 4" diameter and there's a number of bigger ones on the plant. I may have to pick and let them ripen indoors. It's starting to get colder here. Tonight... ...see more

Finally had time to pull up the worn out okra and squash plants. Planted the start of a cool weather garden -- 12 little Argula seedlings! Still have lots of Thai Basil and Mr. Stripey and Sun Gold are still producing tomatoes. It's fun to peer through the lush foliage to find the little gems of ripe Sun Gold's scattered throughout.... ...see more