May 21, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 21 After a busy day spent hosting GardenLine, helping customers at the garden center and doing a consultation, I arrived home close to six o’clock. A walk around Poison Ivy Acres with my camera was just the...
May 19, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 19 Last weekend I put together a display at the garden center that encouraged people not to be afraid of seeds. It’s astonishing how many come in looking for six-pack of carrot or bean plants. “Those are better grown...
May 17, 2011 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 17 Showers likely. Cloudy with a chance of drizzle. This is how the forecast has been for the last two weeks and continues to read for the next six days. The lilacs and peonies show signs of botrytis, and any annuals I...
May 13, 2011 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 13 Although I don’t have the means to indulge in spa retreats frequently, I have been fortunate to be rejuvenated by a few such visits over the last ten years. Three or four days at a spa offers relaxation, invigorating...
May 12, 2011 | my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 12 Nor is it Mrs Obama’s vegetable patch at the White House. The good news is that growing your own food can be done on a scale and style that suites you. Whether you choose to plant in containers on the back deck or...
May 10, 2011 | my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – May 10 In my sermon last Sunday I mentioned starting seeds in our solar-heated shed. This brief remark drew more after-church questions than the rest of the service combined. “Could I use my shed to grow things?” one woman...
