The continued Fall Plant Sale preparations started in earnest this morning as we had a great crew of volunteers arrive to help set up the sale and price the thousands …

  We had some decent rain overnight and more today in two good patches.  It was a “timely soaking” as the gardens suffered through a hot and dry weekend for …

Today was another beautiful, sunny day but the heat continued!  The gardens continue to look quite colorful and our annuals, like those above in the terrace garden, still are thriving …

Above is a nice shot of the formal gardens this afternoon from the back porch above the English cottage garden.  My blog title of STUGGY refers to my new word …

Today ended up being another very hot day although the morning was still comfortable (albeit muggy)!  The gardens continue to look great with many perennials and annuals still at peak …

Today got sticky very quickly!  The morning wasn’t too bad but we had weather more reminiscent of July by noon or so.  It was quite hot but the recent precipitation …