February 2004

Reading Texans Bill and M Stevens enthuse about their itty-bitty snowfall made me think of this Wall Street Journal article I clipped out a couple of months ago. It seems that a Houston-based company called Ice Express charges big bucks to spray artificial snow around for that special event. A 30 foot by 24 foot [...]

Well, it's that time of year again. It's time to decide what will be bought for the coming spring. It is time to decide what will be done in this year. Really, this is the very worst time of year to be making plans. Winter in these climes keeps a person trapped inside for so [...]

Here are plans for another cold frame. This one is from Canadian Gardening Magazine and comes with a very helpful chart of which vegetables and herbs would benefit from being grown in a cold frame in either the spring or fall.

Got nothing to do? Okay, got nothing fun to do? Why not try Lowe's Garden Planner? You'll need Macromedia Flash and the dimensions of your house and yard. I know, who's going to schlep out in the snow and measure? So make it up. It's more fun than doing your taxes, and it's cheaper than [...]

What, you may ask, does a new file cabinet have to do with gardening? Well, I am storing all my gardening catalogs and gardening-related papers in it. For some of you that will be sufficient explanation; the others will be thinking, "Huh? Papers? What do papers have to do with gardening?" The Bookish Gardener and [...]

In my snail mail today I received a brochure about "a weekend of seminars and workshops specially designed for gardeners in the North Country" on April 23-25. Presenters include Steve Silk (contributing editor at Fine Gardening), Gordon Hayward (author of several excellent garden books), Stephanie Cohen, and Todd Meir (executive editor of Fine Gardening). While [...]

Just discovered another garden blog via Ilona's opinion blog: Tangled Branches. Looks nice, haven't read it much yet. Update: I fixed the link. Sorry about that.