February daphne (Daphne mezereum) is blooming now for me--before the forsythia, before any rhodos, before my spicebush. My February daphne is still a baby, given to me by Deborah Banks when I visited her garden last year. Look, it's not much more than a twig: One sniff was enough to convince me that every cold [...]
April 2014
Bloodroot: Wildflower Wednesday
April 23, 2014 – Posted in: Native/Invasive, Plant infoBloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is the first and only native wildflower blooming around here. (Coltsfoot is blooming also, but it's not native.) There is an area of brushy shrubs and saplings steps away from the back deck that has a generous patch of bloodroot. This brushy area has no raison d'être; it seems to merely be [...]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2014
April 17, 2014 – Posted in: Cabin Fever Bed, What's up/bloomingMy efforts to develop a cabin fever bed are starting to bear fruit. The winter aconites have come and gone, but I have plenty else starting to bloom. I purchased Bulbocodium vernum from Odyssey Bulbs last year. It is colored like a colchicum and used to be called a colchicum, but is now a separate [...]
Duluth Trading Gave Me a Kick in the Pants
April 16, 2014 – Posted in: Hardscaping and Projects, Tools and EquipmentDuluth Trading gave me a kick in the pants--metaphorically speaking. But they did give me the actual pants. About a month ago I got an email with the subject line Duluth Trading Wants to Give You a Kick in the Pants. I subscribe to their company newsletter, and at first glance I thought this was [...]
Mud Season Mind Games: Dear Friend and Gardener
April 7, 2014 – Posted in: Mud Season, Plant infoDear Friend and Gardener, I have learned through my online friendships with many garden bloggers that spring comes late to my part of the world. Friends around the country (and the world) speak of snowdrops blooming when mine are buried under snow, and show off their daffodils while I am waiting for my first crocuses [...]
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