Dec 12, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Inspiration, Things I Hate About Your Garden
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 12 I heard a nice interview of James Swan on WGBH radio today. James is the author of 101 Things I Hate About Your House: A Premier Designer Takes You on a Room-by-Room Tour to Transform Your Home from Faux Pas to...
Dec 11, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 11 Before reading this post you have to assure me that you’ll read to the end without clicking on any of the links. Promise? Because if you get diverted you’ll miss the point completely, and I think it’s important. You...
Dec 10, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 10 One of my GardenLine callers today asked about a houseplant that was losing leaves. She said it did the same thing last winter at this time and here it was again, dropping foliage. We went through the range of...
Dec 8, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love, You Can Grow That!
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 8 A woman came into the garden center yesterday and bought one of the hellebores. I was thrilled because among a sea of pink and red Cyclamen, this beautiful perennial gets overlooked. She was thrilled because she said the...
Dec 7, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 7 The plants knew that given this head cold my defenses were down. They must have purposefully waited until I was weak and virus ridden to slide their manifesto under my garden shed door. Read it at GardenLady.com...
Dec 6, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 6 Our gardens contain them all. For better or worse, our garden plots, actual and metaphorical, are a mix. They are full of things we’re trying to grow, others that help or attack what we’re trying to grow, and annoying...