The Kittalog

The crocuses and Siberian irises have been up for at least a week, but I just noticed the daffodils today. I used post a photo of the first...

Springtime in the Rockies is becoming predictable. Nice weekend followed by midweek snow. This time I got a little smarter and harvested som...

Here's what was blooming (or almost blooming, in the peach tree's case) in my yard two weeks ago. That was right before a week of...

Last week I got some new bees, a package from Wyoming. Last year's bees swarmed and the hive never recovered. I was rather worried about...

In October of 2009, someone on my gardening listserv was giving away a silver lace vine (polygonum aubertii), that was too vigorous for her ...

One great thing about having a thriving garden is that it creates the seeds of its own expansion, or the expansion of others' gardens. I...

This Western Tiger Swallowtail came flitting down to the echinacea in my front yard and obligingly posed for several dozen close-ups. I was ...

I should know what this is, but I don't. We scattered a packet of mixed flower seeds and don't have the packet anymore. Do you know ...

It took me a couple of hours to reclaim the curb and walkways from the riot of both good plants and weeds. I feel a twinge of guilt ripping ...

I chopped the heck out of that fennel today, pulled out all the seedlings and tied the remainder up to the fence. I should've stayed mor...

I know dill can get quite large and weedy. Fennel is in the same family, and given a couple of years can turn into a real monster. Yes, that...

Do you recognize this flower? If you live out East or in other colder, moister climes, you probably don't see these much. It's a cac...

This bee balm is just about to bloom in a bright red that attracts pollinators. It's also called oswego tea, horsemint and wild bergamot...

I could blame the mojito, which is made with mint from this buried pot. Or I could blame you enablers out there (you know who you are). But ...

I wasn't expecting to find any ripe raspberries for a couple more weeks, so it was a pleasant surprise to spot a little flash of red in ...

Alliums are such fun flowers. I hereby resolve to plant more of them. You're familiar with chive flowers, of course: They make a great g...

The Sergeant snapped this photo while I was at work the other day. "The bees are going crazy for this flower!" he told me. It was ...

The columbine is Colorado's state flower. You usually see the blue and white variety but ours are all yellow, and quite vigorous. They a...

I don't know why I think clematis are so special, but I just love them. They're not hard to grow. The fuchsia one was in the garden ...

Some of the most exciting flowers in the garden right now are not the showiest. Back in March we got the peas planted and it seemed like the...