Oct 4, 2013 | A Gardening Life, You Can Grow That!
Here’s a recipe for growing goodwill and harvesting smiles: Ingredients Dahlias Zinnias ‘Blue Horizon’ Ageratum Other cutting flowers so you can “season to taste” Plant annuals and perennials with the aim of sharing the wealth. Water and...
Sep 29, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens
A Gardening Life – September 29 There are many books, articles and blog posts on plant combinations. You can plan your gardens according to the shades of flowers and foliage textures and colors…or a combination of both. Some design according to height or...
Sep 25, 2013 | A Gardening Life, As I See It
The interesting thing is that most people look at this and think that I’m only talking about the garden. I am vowing to “plant” beauty in all aspects of life, every day. This is “Whole Life Gardening” after all.
Sep 23, 2013 | A Gardening Life, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, vegetables, What's for dinner?
One of the joys of the September vegetable garden is the glut of tomatoes. Large, small, red, yellow and green, they hang from the plants even as those vines succumb to cooling temperatures and blight. Our meals at this time of year tend to be tomato celebrations...
Sep 17, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, plants I love
Two plants stole the show last weekend when my garden was open as a fundraiser for the Barnstable Education Foundation. Their habit is completely different, but they were the most asked-about varieties. Lespedeza thunbergii ‘Gibraltar’ is a perennial that...
Sep 10, 2013 | A Gardening Life, plants I love
Want a tapestry of color on a dry slope? Have I got some annuals for you. I have a south-facing slope in front of my garden shed that’s been covered with mulch for the past six years that it was time to plant on this summer. It’s a spot where I seldom...
