I can hear, but still not see redwing blackbirds trilling in the trees, and this morning the Canada geese announced themselves with plaintive hooting and great lazy shadows crossing the lawn. We are perched on the edge of spring! I've been preoccupied for the last three years with other matters, and gardening has taken a [...]
March 2005
Innes Kasanof, New Contributor
March 31, 2005 – Posted in: About this siteI am very pleased to introduce to you our latest contributor. Innes and I "met" through the North American Cottage Garden Society (which no longer exists). I had asked her to be a contributor when I first started my blog, but she wasn't able to then. Now she has a bit more time and has [...]
Did you miss me?
March 29, 2005 – Posted in: About this siteI mean, did you miss my website? Access was denied (even to me, can you imagine?) for most of Saturday, all of Sunday, and most of Monday. It's all straightened out now, at least until the end of April. But I thought I'd take this opportunity to let you know that big changes are coming. [...]
First Blossoms of 2005
March 22, 2005 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingYes, the first of the snowdrops bloomed today, and not especially enthusiastically--their buds are scarcely open. It's even more anticlimatic considering a lone crocus beat them to the punch, blooming merrily this morning while the snowdrops didn't open up till afternoon. I think this crocus is the same one that bloomed first in 2003. And [...]
Cosmos in California
March 17, 2005 – Posted in: WeatherDoug Welch posted a photo on his blog that he says he took yesterday on a walk. Yesterday? Sometimes I feel like I live on a different planet, and not just the other side of the same continent. This photo features cosmos blooming in abundance. I happen to like cosmos. But in my garden, it [...]
Spring Can Come Now!
March 15, 2005 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingAll of my seeds are here, so now Spring can come. In fact, I'm beginning to get impatient now. . . Fedco had to substitute my Amish pepper for a similar variety. . .I guess a lot of people liked their discription! The things they had to substitute were cheaper, so they also sent two [...]
USDA to clamp down further on seed importation: what you can do
March 14, 2005 – Posted in: EventsIf you've ever ordered from Chiltern's, tried new basil or lettuce varieties from Europe, or have pretty hybrid plants from England in your garden (Verbascum 'Jackie', Heuchera 'Bressingham Hybrids', etc.)-------- you can forget about anything new. The USDA is slamming shut the borders on new plants. Maybe you're already aware of this. It is vital [...]
The Trials of March
March 11, 2005 – Posted in: WeatherThe proverbial (and over used) saying is that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. In truth March is a fickle beast and comes in as it wishes and goes out as it wishes. Some years you might have the bliss of March both coming and going like a lamb [...]
The Taming of the Band-Aid
March 9, 2005 – Posted in: Recommended LinksA couple of blogs that I frequent made mention of The Taming of the Band-Aid, so I thought I'd take a look. Thingfish23 is "documenting the rather daunting task of returning our 75' X 660' lot to some sort of natural equilibrium. [His] goal is for [his] house and . . . family to exist [...]
Deep in snow
March 7, 2005 – Posted in: WeatherUp here in the U.P. we are still deep in snow, about 2-3 feet of it in my back yard. My windows are filled with plants - geraniums, aparagas ferns that were removed from planters and starts that need planting. Under lights in the basement are any number of ivy plants, also taken from client [...]
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