Jul 30, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 30 When people tour my garden for the first time one flower in particular catches their eye. “Oh, what is this?” they ask. It’s interesting that the Emilia javanica ‘Scarlet Magic’ draws them because it’s one of the smallest...
Jul 29, 2012 | Life's Gardens, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 28 My husband and I have two vegetable gardens. Before we came to Poison Ivy Acres we rented a plot in a community garden because we didn’t have enough sun or space to grow veggies in our yard. Once we moved and had enough...
Jul 25, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
can produce a feast. Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 24 I love the time of year when we can come home and pick dinner. The new potatoes are ready, the chard is thick, the beans and summer squash are prolific and we’re picking several tomatoes per day....
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 16, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 16 If I had a magic wand I’d give everyone a garden to come home to. One of the nicest things, I think, is to come home and see a collection of plants that you love. It lifts your heart at the time of day when you’re most...
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...
