Shopping Catalogs for Perennials
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
Last time I wrote about browsing the tool and vegetable catalogs, so today I’m going to indulge my flowering plant lust and write about that.
I think of catalogs as sources of both fantasy and planning. The fantasy part has to do with wishing I c...
I think of catalogs as sources of both fantasy and planning. The fantasy part has to do with wishing I c...
Winter Gardening: Harvesting Catalogs
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
The holidays are over, the days are getting ever so slowly longer, and what does a gardener do for fun? Why, we plant mental gardens made of cut up catalogs.
So today I’m going to review some of my favorite things:
Tools: Every gardener needs a ...
So today I’m going to review some of my favorite things:
Tools: Every gardener needs a ...
Great Garden Books
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
If you got some gift cards for the holidays, or even if you just got a library card, here are some great winter reads:
I’ve mentioned Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition by Robert Pogue Harrison in an earlier blog. I can’t tell you how much ...
I’ve mentioned Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition by Robert Pogue Harrison in an earlier blog. I can’t tell you how much ...
The Meanings of Gardens
posted 7 months ago | 0 comments
From compost to composure: this week I want to blog about – or at least spin off from – a book I’ve been reading that I really like a lot. It’s by Robert Pogue Harrison, and it’s called Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition.
Harrison starts wi...
Harrison starts wi...
Compost - best investment in your garden ever.
posted 7 months ago | 13 comments
Last Sunday I harvested compost from two of my bins and spread it on some places in the garden that really needed a boost. It was so satisfying: I love the way the compost smells, it’s fun to see the product of all those banana peel s and coffee g...
The autumn garden
posted 8 months ago | 0 comments
It’s late-October, and my Midwest garden still has some life in it. The New England Asters have stopped screaming, but they’re more or less still whispering purple, there’s phlox with energy left, the obedient plant is still going, and the Monksho...
A spring surprise party
posted 9 months ago | 0 comments
Ah, October. Time to think about bulbs. If you’re in zones 5-7, October is the best month. If you’re in zones 2-4, you should have them in the ground already, but you can probably get away with doing it now, and if you’re in zones 8 or 9, you shou...
Free plants!
posted 9 months ago | 0 comments
The easiest and cheapest way to expand your garden is to take seeds and cuttings and propagate new plants this way. If you have favorites – either annual or perennial – that you’d like to replant or – maybe even better – share with friends, neighb...
The late-summer garden
posted 10 months ago | 2 comments
So, how’s your garden looking today? A little tired maybe, as mine is? Most of the fall plants are not in bloom yet, and a lot of the summer plants are getting faded, going to seed, drooping, or just plain done. This, of course, makes it a great t...
Garden Ornaments
posted 10 months ago | 1 comment
I am a big fan of ornaments in the garden , funky, elegant, or in between. From a design point of view, the eye likes to rest on something, and the ornament lets it do that. Then having focused on the object, the eye can mosey around and check out...
