May 12, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Life's Gardens, my gardens
A Gardening Life – May 12 As I walk around my garden on this Mother’s Day I count my blessings and know that so many of them have come to me from my mother. Some of my abilities are inherited from her and are undoubtedly genetic, but it took the greenhouse of...
Apr 29, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, Perennial Maintenance
A Gardening Life – April 29 I had a crack team of Master Gardeners in my garden today. We were digging up perennial plants and potting them for the Master Gardener Plant sale on May 18th. Perennial gardeners have to be good editors. Some plants spread, and...
Apr 8, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens
Which version do you think is true? A Gardening Day – Version #1 I want to get the Carex ‘Evergold’ transplanted so I go to the tool rack where the shovels are hung. They are shiny and clean from the scrubbing and oiling we gave them last fall. I take one down and...
Mar 23, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, plants I love, vegetables
A Gardening Life – March 23 We are harvesting lettuce daily from our solar heated shed. It faces south and is insulated, so once the sun is warm in February it doesn’t go below freezing inside the building. The Smart Pots we used this year were moved...
Mar 17, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Life's Gardens, my gardens
A Gardening Life – March 17 In the northeast March isn’t the month that beckons us out into the garden. In some states the snow cover remains while in other areas we almost wish that the white stuff was still hiding the brown, dead landscape. On close...
Mar 14, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Life's Gardens, my gardens
A Gardening Life – March 14 I was speaking at Blithewold yesterday and had the pleasure of connecting with Gail Read, their Gardens Manager. She invited me to stop by the Blithewold greenhouses after my talk. On a cloudy March day, who could say no to a fellow...
