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Garden Reports and Rejoicing – November 30 As much as I dislike coming home in the dark when it’s only 5 PM, I have to admit that the low sun does bring gifts with the early nightfall. From 2 o’clock on, certain parts of the garden are lit in ways that spotlight particular plants. The [...]
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – November 17 I have a constantly changing slideshow of garden photos as my computer desktop and screensaver, and occasionally one of these photos catches my attention. This evening the shot of the lights on lakeside trees stuck me and I started thinking about how we frame views. In this case [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – March 1 I did my first garden consultation of the season today. Yes, it was cold but at least it wasn’t snowing. The condo association that I met with was interested in some possible plantings for an area along the driveway where three large trees had recently been removed. [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – February 26 As we’re nearly into March, the weather swings both ways. Still winter, a hint of spring, back to winter, a touch of spring, then definitely, solidly winter. Yesterday it rained, poured really, on Cape Cod and last night it snowed. This morning the landscape was really pretty [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – February 22 There are seasons when we need to escape. Yes, we need to flee from a long period of rain or bolt away from winter for the sake of our sanity. Yesterday I was writing about embracing the cold season and today I’m acknowledging our need to get [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – January 27 The driveway is a sheet of ice and the banks of snow are so high that if there is another significant storm I won’t be able to pull my car out of the driveway. But, the dog is so cute as he dashes around in the white [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – January 26 I’ve heard that the Norwegians have a saying: There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. As I put on fleece-lined rubber boots, a long down coat, a woolen scarf, hat and gloves and go out in the snow to walk The Dog, I [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – January 13 Two years ago we planted three rhododendrons in the woods between the house and the lake. The following winter I’d gaze out on these three small shrubs and think, “I need to plant more.” Last summer I bought three more rhodys, larger ones this time, and we [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – January 4 While the Christmas weekend was snowy, the first Sunday of the New Year brought a welcome thaw. Within 24 hours the blanket of snow at Poison Ivy Acres was almost gone revealing a surprisingly green lawn. Temperatures in the 40’s and above caused this gardener to foolishly [...]
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 20 Are gardeners better able to be adaptable in other areas of life because we’re used to working with the weather? Or are we more flexible by nature, and therefore more likely to stick with gardening despite the various uncertainties, climatic and otherwise? Some people really like a [...]
