Jun 12, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 12 When I garden, it’s as if my alternate attention deficit self takes over. I tend to wander willy-nilly from task to task, weeding here, deadheading there, and putting a plant in the soil somewhere else. I get a great...
Jun 10, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 10 My roses are starting to bloom, and they’re looking fantastic. The ‘Collette’ climber, my favorite because it repeat blooms, has come into flower in the past week, and now the others are bursting into color as well....
Jun 7, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 7 I visited the Windmill Garden at Heritage Museums and Gardens today, making sure that this bed that I designed was doing well. I’m hoping to record a message that visitors to this garden can access by cell phone, so I...
Jun 6, 2011 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 6 In preparation for a attending the annual croning ceremony held by the WomanSpirit group at church, I made some flower crowns. Every year we crown those who are being honored with a wreath of flowers. Over the years...
Jun 4, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 4 I spoke to a customer at the garden center who was frustrated that all the lupines that she’d planted over the past few years have died. I was sympathetic, because many gardeners in this area have trouble with this...
Jun 2, 2011 | Life's Gardens, plants I hate, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – June 2 In several past posts I’ve written about my love/hate relationship with iris. Yes, when they’re in bloom they are stunning. But they flower for about fifteen minutes, truth be told, and the clumps need dividing every...
