March 2004

The snow is off the snowdrops in the Secret Garden. For all I know it was gone yesterday, but I was out all day running errands. These are up just as high as the ones that the snow melted off earlier this week. None of them, however, look like they're going to bloom today, and [...]

After being told my webpage was fourth on the search for "garden blog" (it's actually fifth), I had to check it out for myself and discovered Judi, Judi, Quite Contrary. Judi has several other blogs going as well, which is how I learned she's expecting twins. Strangely enough, I am not even on the first [...]

A certain person is amused by my measuring the receding snow level above the snowdrops in the Secret Garden. He doesn't seem to realize this is strictly professional curiosity. This is, after all, a weblog about cold climate gardening, and my tromping in the snow, yardstick in hand, is solely in the interest of journalistic [...]

When Elisabeth Donovan of the Miami Herald took note of our blog several weeks ago, she commented that she didn't know of any Florida gardening blogs. Well, one has come to my attention. The Garden's Gift is actually a collection of several blogs linked together into a website, and yes, she's got an RSS feed. [...]

I can tell by the dirty footprints leading from the front door to the bathroom. All the compacted snow is off our driveway, which used to be a gravel driveway but is now a dirt driveway, due to all the snow shoveling over the years, which throws both snow and gravel onto the lawn. (You [...]

This article by Howard Garrett on changes in organic gardening practices was an interesting read. I knew peat moss was a no-no but not sharp sand.