Abbondanza
posted about 1 year ago | 3 comments
Just past midsummer, the garden is amazing. Everywhere I look, there are blooms, fruits, veggies growing like it was a science fiction film. Everywhere I look, there are bees bumbling and nuzzling the flowers and butterflies sipping like ladies (a...
Plants for Wet and Dry Shade
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Happy June! I know all you normal people are out having fun, and here I am writing about plants. That’s why I’m a plant nerd and you’re gorgeous and fun.
I thought today I’d write about grouping plants according to their water needs. It not only...
I thought today I’d write about grouping plants according to their water needs. It not only...
Questions to ask about Lawn Care
posted about 1 year ago | 6 comments
The great green lawn has become an American symbol, but it’s also an American problem: lawns are water and energy hogs, and they are the reason way too many chemicals are introduced into our soil and water. Thinking hard about your lawn may lead y...
Global Warming and the Garden
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later | 14 comments
By now, almost no one denies that humans have created a major climate disruption. Millions of years ago, during a period paleontologists called the Carboniferous, swampy forests all over the globe trapped atmospheric carbon and stored it in the fo...
Butterflies and Birds in the Garden
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
This spring I am going to take out my lilac. I’ll wait till after it blooms – I’m not crazy – but I’ve come to think that a lilac is no better than a plastic plant as far as the birds and the bees are concerned.
This is all the fault of Douglas T...
This is all the fault of Douglas T...
Spring Pruning
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I know for lots of you spring is well advanced, although for many of us it’s barely on life-support. Here goes with an effort to make some sense of spring pruning for all of us. Pruning is fun – even addictive – and not rocket science. It does tak...
You Are My Sunshine
posted about 1 year ago | 3 comments
Remember back in high school English class when you learned the fundamental themes that lay behind all great literature or an idea like that? One of the themes was man vs. nature, right? And maybe you read Moby Dick or The Old Man and the Sea or T...
Grow Your Own (Veggies)
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
A couple of blogs ago I wrote about starting plants from seed, and as the winter wears on, it begins to seem more possible to think about soil and plants and being outside. I've been asked to write about starting veggies from seeds, so here goes!
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Tools and gadgets for the Garden
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
One of my favorite winter catalogs comes from Gardener's Supply Company. They carry so many interesting and useful – thoughtful – items for the garden I wanted to share it with you.
If you're starting plants from seeds, they have systems – the ce...
If you're starting plants from seeds, they have systems – the ce...
Starting Seeds Indoors
posted about 1 year ago | 3 comments
If you are tired of just reading catalogs and you're ready for some action, then you're probably thinking about starting seeds indoors.
But first, if it's cold where you are, you need to know the average date of the last spring frost in your are...
But first, if it's cold where you are, you need to know the average date of the last spring frost in your are...
