You just never know when you're going to run into a teachable moment. I mentioned on Twitter that I had hurt my back sliding downhill on newly fallen beech leaves, and someone from the South remarked that they had never seen a beech tree. Well! It's time you were acquainted. The American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) [...]
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Goldenrod: This native plant should be kept out of the garden
October 9, 2008 – Posted in: Garden chores, Native/Invasive, Pests, Plagues, and VarmintsGoldenrod is my enemy There, I've said it. I don't care if goldenrod is a native plant; it is no longer welcome in my gardens. I tried to be understanding, truly, I did, but it just did not want to play nice with the other plants. It did not want to play at all: total [...]
Native Plant Resources for Central and Upstate NY
March 4, 2008 – Posted in: Book reviews, Habitat gardening, Native/InvasiveIn 1878, Sherman Stowell sold to Elizabeth Brockett 30 acres of land which he had earlier purchased from George Jennings. I now live and garden with my family on some of that land, which Jennings or Stowell, or perhaps Ms. Brockett, had cleared of trees to make pasture. The forest is growing back, but it’s [...]
Your first native plant book
March 28, 2006 – Posted in: Book reviews, Habitat gardening, Native/InvasiveIf you want to learn more about the plants native to your area, a good place to start would be The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada by William Cullina. He has done a good job creating a general reference work that can help [...]
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