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I am Nancy. I live for the thrill of sowing and growing interesting plants each year, then collecting their seeds so other gardeners can try them too. I started with plant-society seed exchanges, then began doing my own yearly seed-giveaway here at Hayefield.
Hayefield Blog
1w ago
It’s that time of year again—time to begin celebrating what’s going on in the garden each month. Weather-wise, the overall theme for the last few weeks has been either wet or windy. Except when it was wet and windy. Still, there have been enough nice days and sufficiently mild temperatures to bring out the stars ..read more
Hayefield Blog
2M ago
So much for my good intentions! I’ve said for years that posting on this blog is the only form of garden journaling I’ve ever been able to keep up with. Things got crazy last fall, though, with seed-collecting and order-filling and a variety of projects, and it’s taken until now to find a week to ..read more
Hayefield Blog
9M ago
August brings such an embarrassment of riches, how could I ever narrow down the highlights of this month? While scrolling through the many photos I’ve taken, I finally noticed one particular group of plants that are contributing most to the show right now. So, welcome to the all-natives edition of August Bloom Day at Hayefield ..read more
Hayefield Blog
10M ago
First, a bouquet to all of you who didn’t want to tell me about my big mistake last month. I’ve been participating in Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day since 2007, and each time I wrote a new post, I worried about putting the wrong date on it. I had a good run but finally messed up ..read more
Hayefield Blog
11M ago
Until a few days ago, I was seriously considering skipping this post. There’s so much about this last month I would like to forget: nearly 6 weeks with no rain, frost as late as May 18, nights in the low 40s even last week, an explosion of aphids, and having to wear a mask to ..read more
Hayefield Blog
1y ago
Several years ago, I posted the first installments of the “Don’t Be Ordinary” series—Explore Intriguing Alternatives , Consider the Source, and Eight Utterly Un-Ordinary Gems—to highlight some of the many ways that growing plants from seed can make your garden unique. Since spring arrived too late for this month’s Bloom Day, and the next is ..read more
Hayefield Blog
1y ago
Drought? Heat? Bean beetles? Chipmunks? Oh, never mind all that. Everything is forgiven and I am back in love with my garden right now. It’s all just lovely and I have spent way too much time wandering around with my camera recently. Trying to whittle a ridiculous number of images down to a Bloom Day ..read more
Hayefield Blog
1y ago
The summer continues to be dry here in southeastern PA, but we are finally getting a break from the heat for a bit—a blessing for which the garden and I are very grateful. It’s amazing to see how well many of the plants are ..read more
Hayefield Blog
1y ago
After a very promising start to the growing season, the previously reliable rains have disappeared, making gardening a lot less enjoyable over the past month. Still, I know that many of you are enduring much worse drought, so I won’t whine about it further ..read more
Hayefield Blog
2y ago
It hardly seems fair to have just one Bloom Day a month at this time of year, when so many beautiful things are coming into flower ever day. I’ve done my best to pick out a variety of highlights, but as usual, there’s a ..read more