Instead of a single day of good fortune like yesterday’s auspicious 07/07/07, this has been a week of luck for one reason: rain. Although it can’t be discerned from the surrounding woods with their uncommon fullness bordering on rainforest-like lushness, this summer has been uncommonly dry. Late spring and summer started out so well it […]
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Lucky 7
July 8th, 2007 · 8 Comments
Categories: Weather · Plant info
Green-eyed but not envious
April 29th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Not much is going on that isn’t the same for all gardeners: snow gone, ground drying up, warmer temps, shoveling the ground for the first time this season, planting, weeding, mulching. I’m doing it and don’t want to read about it, so how about some pictures and a bit of relevant text instead?
Here was my […]
Categories: Plant info
Servicing my watering needs
April 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
I had a conversation with a gardening friend about watering the other day. We each have strong personalities and the talk was lively and interesting, filled with opinions and advice. When the time came for “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” I did and I’ll share them with you too.
I have spent […]
Categories: Garden chores · Tools and Equipment
Classic Garden Structures: Book Review
April 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments
When I’m thinking of building a garden project, the first book I turn to for ideas and inspiration is Classic Garden Structures by Jan and Michael Gertley. I’ve read and leafed through many books on making and building objects for the garden but this one remains my favorite. Beyond their inherent usefulness, all of the […]
Categories: Book reviews
Magnolias
April 3rd, 2007 · 8 Comments
A strong argument for calling Magnolias Tulip Trees
I grew up with a large Southern Magnolia in a small backyard. Its great size dominated the space, smothering the ground below and adjacent plants with massive quantities of leathery leaves and sucking up all available moisture with large surface roots. I was unknowing of its survival tactics […]
Categories: Plant info · What's up/blooming
Green Frogs
March 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments
Hmm, what’s your name? If you were thinking Kermit you wouldn’t be far wrong.
Winter seems to still be with me. The nights are consistently in the low 20s and snow remnants remain on the ground. Mostly on the north sides of hills and buildings, and hiding behind large trees and objects, the white has not […]
Categories: Habitat gardening
Kaleidoscope Skies
February 18th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
I grew up during the Beatles era and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” has always been a fave in my top five. From the start, there was speculation that psychedelic drugs influenced John Lennon when he wrote the dreamy, trippy imagery into […]
Categories: Weather
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