It happens to all of us. At least, it happens to me and a lot of other gardeners I know. Winter is right around the corner and you have all these plants in pots that you were sure you were going to have time to plant during the growing season. And now the growing season [...]
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Autumn Mourning
October 4, 2013 – Posted in: Garden chores, Meditations, What's up/bloomingThe weather has been glorious. Perfectly blue skies providing a backdrop as the leaves change to their brilliant autumnal colors. It makes my heart sing--and mourn.Not because winter is coming, per se. I live in a cold climate; winter is supposed to come.But not before I get through my gardening list! Yes, by the time [...]
Colchicums Sprouting in the Bag: New Garden
October 1, 2011 – Posted in: Colchicums, New House, New GardensWhen we first started the process of buying our new house, I thought we'd be moving in August. In early July I started digging up colchicum corms as the leaves died down, indicating they were going dormant. It turns out the first date proposed for closing on a house is usually wildly optimistic, and my [...]
Five Inches of Rain Brings on Autumnal Madness
October 4, 2010 – Posted in: Garden choresFive inches of rain fell here in roughly 24 hours. After a multi-week dry spell where my constant promise to my garden was, "As soon as we get some rain, I'm going to…", it finally rained, big time. Casting an eye at the seasonal clock and acknowledging that we really should have had a frost [...]
Earliest Colchicums Ever
August 24, 2010 – Posted in: ColchicumsAfter two days of much-needed rain, I decided to walk around the garden to see what I could see. I wasn't really expecting to see colchicums blooming, because they usually start in September. Perhaps the extended hot and dry spell, followed by the cool, rainy weather encouraged them to break dormancy early. At any rate, [...]
A Good Year for Witch Hazels
October 20, 2009 – Posted in: Flowers on the Brain, Native/Invasive, What's up/bloomingIt is a family tradition to walk up the hill and into the woods this time of year to seek out the witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) blossoms. This is a native shrub or small tree that prefers moist, acidic soil--which we have in abundance. This is a plant that has romantic connotations for me. (Narcissus [...]
First Snow of 2009-2010
October 16, 2009 – Posted in: WeatherLast night it snowed. That, in itself, is not unusual for the second half of October. But normally we get flurries mixed with rain, and no accumulation. Yesterday a weather record for snow accumulation was broken. The official new record is 1.2 inches accumulation. The old record was "trace." And unofficial reports coming in tell [...]
Snow? Noooo!
October 12, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, WeatherYikes! Snow predicted for Friday! This is happening too fast for me. Just had first hard frost (26F) last night.
What’s the Difference Between a Frost and a Freeze?
October 11, 2009 – Posted in: FAQ, WeatherLast night the National Weather Service issued a frost advisory for our area, and we did indeed get a frost. They are issuing a freeze warning for tonight. What's the difference? I contacted a member of the local weather station staff. He told me that Both [the frost advisory and the freeze warning] are only [...]
One Chore Begets Another
October 5, 2009 – Posted in: Garden chores, Garden TweetsSpent 2 hours cutting dead stuff down (mostly peony foliage), revealing weeds that will have to be pulled another day. Sigh.
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