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Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 13 I’m doing the flowers for Kate’s wedding at the end of this month, and will create the table arrangements, boutonnieres and flower girl’s crown and other pieces from what’s in my garden. Even the bouquets will use plants from my landscape along with other, “store bought” roses. [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – January 11 It’s not a blessing, in my opinion. Maybe I’m the only one who works better with a deadline, but I doubt it. Would you gardeners be quick to order seeds if you knew that you had 365 days a year to start them? Knowing that many plants [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 16 The temperatures are dropping steadily, so today we brought a good number of our potted plants inside. Houseplants that had been sent to “summer camp”, tender succulents, tropical varieties, and Meyer lemon trees all came indoors for the winter. I’d intended to repot some of these plants [...]
Report From PIA – July 18 We are midway through the summer, and there are two approaches to this time of year. Some people decide that they are “done” with their garden. They enjoy what they planted in May and early June, but they don’t want to place anything else in the ground for the [...]
Report From PIA – March 31 I am watching the buds on my trees closely, because they can indicate the hatching of one of this area’s nemeses, the winter moth caterpillar. Soon they will emerge and start eating our maples, blueberries, apples, oaks and other trees. They can defoliate plants in a couple of moths, [...]
