Jul 20, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
for the job may not be a vine at all. Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 20th “What vine do you have growing on your shed?” visitors ask. “That’s not a vine,” I reply, “it’s a blackberry.” We are growing the...
Jul 13, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Plant Something!, You Can Grow That!
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 13 “Why do all the catalogs publish pictures of plants that look so beautiful?” a customer once asked me. “Why don’t they show you how the rose bush looks after the beetles have gotten to it, or how my annuals looked after a...
Jul 10, 2012 | Life's Gardens, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 10 It is mid-summer and the weather is hot. No matter, I’m still planting. Some early-flowering perennials have been cut to the ground now that their flowers have faded. Given this treatment most of these plants will...
Jul 3, 2012 | Bloggers You Can Grow That! Day, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
You Can Grow That! Last year about this time I visited Chris Hestwood’s beautiful garden on Nantucket. I admired her beautiful poppies (Papaver somniferous) and a few weeks later she brought me some seeds. I planted them just as they are spread in her garden...
Jun 26, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 26 There was a three-year period in my adult life when I was without my gardens. During this time I mostly stayed away from visiting other landscapes because I was extremely jealous of anyone who was able to grow things. Once...
Jun 25, 2012 | As I See It, Garden Reports and Rejoicing, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – June 25 Today I received one of those emails that sent me angels and blessings, IF I immediately passed it on to ten other people. My response:
