Nov 1, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 1 Some years ago I did a consultation for a store and recommended that they plant three dwarf Hinoki’s in the front bed. Notice the emphasis on the dwarf. I wrote it out for them, Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana...
Oct 31, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 31 As I walked up the steps that lead from the lake to my gardens I noticed once again the plants that thrived among these stones. Alyssum, Verbena bonariensis, Leucanthemum vulgare and Nicotiana mutibilis have...
Oct 30, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 30 I got a request for my opinion about winter protection from the All Experts site today. A new home owner wanted to know if he needed to wrap his evergreens in burlap for the winter as the previous owners had done....
Oct 29, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 29 There are some days when nothing special happens, but if we stop to appreciate each piece of the patchwork, a beautiful quilt is revealed. From the way the light streams through the woodland behind the stack of...
Oct 28, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 28 Yesterday the swamp maple (Acer rubrum) in the back of my house was ablaze with yellow leaves. Today, half of those leaves are gone and those that remain are withered and edged with brown. Yesterday my heart was...
Oct 27, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 27 Am I the only one who gets busy and assumes that things are growing just fine in my life, only to be brought up short by someone misunderstanding what I’ve done or said? I get focused on my own problems,...
