If you want to learn more about the plants native to your area, a good place to start would be The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada by William Cullina. He has done a good job creating a general reference work that can help […]
Entries from March 2006
Your first native plant book
March 28th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 3 Comments
Categories: Book reviews · Habitat gardening · Native/Invasive
Keywords: erythronium · houghton mifflin · native plants · reference · trilliums · trout lily · william cullina
Homemade EarthBoxes(TM)
March 28th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments
Thanks to Reading Dirt, here are instructions to make a Homemade EarthBox(TM), which is a type of self-watering planter.
Categories: Recommended Links · Hardscaping and Projects
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‘Tis the season for phenology
March 25th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 4 Comments
According to the UK Phenology Network, “phenology is the study of the times of recurring natural phenomena especially in relation to climate.” It’s something gardeners tend to practice at this time of the year, as we’re all anxiously awaiting the arrival of spring. (Well, us northern gardeners are still waiting, even if the rest of […]
Categories: Garden chores · Plant info · From my files
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Greengirl is Back!
March 24th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 1 Comment
Greengirl, the newbie gardener writing for a Minnesota newspaper, has started her 2006 gardening season. Actually, she can’t be labeled a “noob” anymore if this is her second season. She gets an awful lot of comments on some of her entries, and they are almost as much fun to read as her entries.
Categories: Recommended Links
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Pondering Land Use
March 23rd, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 16 Comments
Question: What do you do with fifteen acres? Answer: That’s a good question! My family and I have been working on the answer for over fifteen years. This probably won’t surprise you, but we seldom come up with the same answer. I wanted the area immediately around the house to be devoted to ornamental landscaping. […]
Categories: Book reviews · Habitat gardening · Native/Invasive
Keywords: environment · habitat gardening · native plants
Testing Seed Germination. . . what do you learn?
March 22nd, 2006 by Talitha Purdy · 1 Comment
Not much.
As is my habit every spring, I test my seeds to see whether they’re still any good, or if I need to buy new ones. This is a very easy thing to do–you stick half a damp paper towel in a little plastic bag, drop in ten seeds (5 if you’re starting to run […]
Categories: Seeds and Seed Starting · Vegetables
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Let’s Go Native!
March 15th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 3 Comments
If you live within a day trip of Syracuse, NY, you might be interested in the Spring Gardening Seminar hosted by The Men’s Garden Club of Syracuse and Phoenix Flower Farm. Entitled “Going Native,” it’s being held at the Craftsman Inn in Fayetteville, NY on April 1st. William Cullina, author of The New England Wild […]
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