Month: May 2014

Late Daffodils but early for June

Hello All, Today I have visited a house in the north of Lancashire to see some June flowering daffodil! Yes I know it’s still May but these in a “Normal” season I’m told flower in June. They were planted around 1900…

Spring in Chicago

This weekend is the usual plant sale event for many local garden clubs. I planned to finish the potting for the ones I participate in, many tomatoes, peppers, native plants, zinnias, marigolds, etc. having been set out to harden. On…

Spring Thaw rescued

I was looking through the beds now that Daffodil season has arrived in Minnesota.     Some time ago about 5 years or so John Reed had a space of his property cleared to put seedlings in that had some…