My Kind of Gardening Column

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I’ve always been a fan of Mary Keen. Her Creating A Garden is one of my favorite books to drool–er–dream over in the winter. Now I see she has an online gardening column with the Telegraph called Cheat’s Guide. (Need to register unless you get it as an RSS feed.) “Knowing what you can get away with is my specialist subject,” she explains, “. . . These monthly columns will be a way of sharing that knowledge.” This month she suggests trimming your garden way back just before you leave on vacation, so it will be looking great when you get back. Not the usual take on gardening maintenance, but it makes a lot of sense, especially if you aren’t packing a suitcase for kids. (I don’t know about you, but who has time for last-minute garden maintenance when you’re trying to make sure everyone’s got matching socks for the trip?) I’m certainly looking forward to future columns.

About the Author

Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She gardens in rural upstate NY, which used to be USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but is now Zone 5. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002. Find her on Instagram as kopurdy.

If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it’s time to reflect on what’s come before.

~Mitchell Burgess in Northern Exposure

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Chan S. August 7, 2004, 6:44 pm

Looks like this will be a great column. Thanks for the link!