I decided to join the Food Fest hosted jointly by Dinner Tonight and A Way to Garden. So, for the first time ever (well, not quite, there are some pesto recipes here), recipes at Cold Climate Gardening. Clockwise from top left: White Bush Lebanese, Benning's Green Tint Patty Pan, more White Bush Lebanese (I think), [...]
July 2008
People with Dirty Hands: Garden bloggers’ book club
July 29, 2008 – Posted in: Book reviewsI have been re-reading People with Dirty Hands: The Passion for Gardening by Robin Chotzinoff for the Garden Bloggers Book Club. Just like last time, I am amazed by her ability to ferret these eccentric gardeners out, and in awe of her willingness to drive hundreds of miles to talk to total strangers, some of [...]
Weeding for the audience
July 27, 2008 – Posted in: Garden choresEvery year about this time, the Juneberry bed looks like this: This photo was taken last July, but gives you the general idea: milkweed, musk mallow, lambs' quarters, and a weedy form of evening primrose all detract from the daylilies that are supposed to shine here. Being a detail person, in past years I have [...]
Endless Summer hydrangea blooming well this year
July 19, 2008 – Posted in: HydrangeasAfter complaining about the lack of bloom on my 'Endless Summer' hydrangea last year, I thought I'd better put in a good word for this shrub now that it is living up to expectations. It is growing vigorously and has a lot of flowers on it. What I did differently As I mentioned earlier this [...]
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day July 2008
July 15, 2008 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingThere is a lot in bloom right now. A lot. I had to make two columns on my sheet of paper to list them all. I thought it would be a good time to test the gallery feature again. Linda sent me a template that helped me get the gallery feature working better. When you [...]
Can you identify this rose?
July 13, 2008 – Posted in: Plant infoMy neighbor's rose With our neighbor's permission, my daughter dug up a piece of this rose and planted it in one of our garden beds last year. My neighbor's house is over a hundred years old and it was in the garden there when she moved in over twenty years ago. The blossom pictured above [...]
What a Garden Project in Progress Looks Like
July 10, 2008 – Posted in: Hardscaping and ProjectsOne of the things I did in June was tackle a part of the north border that had never been cultivated. I had dumped leaves there for several years, but otherwise whatever the birds planted that could tolerate shade was growing there: garlic mustard, aster, goldenrod, creeping bellflower, and jewelweed. My goal was nothing less [...]
Fabulous Lettuce This Year
July 8, 2008 – Posted in: VegetablesNo thanks to me, but we have been enjoying some fabulous lettuce from the garden lately. Except for one week in early June, it hasn't been especially hot. So it might be the weather, or it might be the varieties, but we're eating salad every day. Salad every day . . . what do you [...]
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