May 2010

First Spinach Harvest

May 26, 2010

My husband harvested the first of our spinach crop yesterday, and he says there’s this much or more left to be harvested. He wants to do that this evening, because it is threatening to bolt in this heat. We had a yummy spinach salad, and gave away the rest of this bowlful to two neighbors. [...]

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Hitch Lyman’s Temple Nursery Garden

May 24, 2010

I visited Hitch Lyman’s garden in Trumansburg, NY. on May 8th. It was one of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Gardens, as I mentioned previously. His Temple Nursery is the only U.S. nursery that specializes in snowdrops. The snowdrops were long gone, but lilacs and species peonies were blooming.

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House Beautiful Readers, Welcome

May 23, 2010

Cold Climate Gardening has a tiny bit-part in House Beautiful’s June issue. If you happen to subscribe or see a copy for sale, turn to page 40 and check out the top right part of the page. If you don’t manage to get hold of a copy, no worries. It is a shortened version of [...]

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CCG Is Runner-Up in 2010 Mouse & Trowel Awards

May 18, 2010

A big thank you to everyone who voted for Cold Climate Gardening, which was the runner-up in the Best Rural Gardening/Farming Blog category of the Mouse & Trowel garden blog awards. It is a high compliment, and I hope to provide you with more and better in the coming twelve months. Congratulations to Kylee of [...]

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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2010

May 15, 2010

It always seems like there is nothing blooming in mid-May, but when I really look around, I realize there is a lot blooming but none of it is flashy, like the big yellow sheets of daffodils previous or the three Grandes Dames of June that will soon be here. The blooms of mid-May are modest [...]

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Gardener 4, Voles 146

May 11, 2010

Last fall, I planted 150 species tulips. My last words on that post were “it will still look beautiful next spring.” Boy, was I wrong. The snowdrops that I had divided came up. At least some of the crocus that I divided came up. And four tulips emerged and bloomed. Four. Out of one hundred [...]

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I Hate These Kind of Plants

May 10, 2010

I hate the plants that can survive a cold winter but can’t take a hard spring frost. It is so aggravating! The problem is they emerge too early from dormancy for their own good. I’m talking about: ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangea. It will get through a USDA Zone 4 winter but break into leaf long before [...]

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Forget-Me-Nots En Masse

May 8, 2010

On my way to Hitch Lyman’s Trumansburg, NY garden today I passed by this amazing bank of forget-me-nots on the other side of the road. Although my camera battery had died shortly after I got to Lyman’s garden, it had recovered sufficiently to take this shot by the time I was returning home. I just [...]

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Hitch Lyman’s Garden Open to the Public This Saturday

May 4, 2010

This Saturday, May 8, 2010, Hitch Lyman‘s garden will be open to the public from 10am to 4pm, as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program. I’m planning on going, and I’ll wear my special Cold Climate Gardening baseball cap. If you see me, introduce yourself so we can chat. The Open Days Directory [...]

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Cold Climate Gardening Nominated for Best Rural/Farming Blog

May 3, 2010

A while back I mentioned that nominations were being accepted for the Mouse & Trowel awards. Frankly, I didn’t expect to get nominated, as I couldn’t spare the time to “promote” myself and the garden blogging arena has gotten quite a bit more crowded. Imagine my surprise to discover I had been nominated for the [...]

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