Oct 11, 2010 | Garden Prayer, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 11 Every gardener should leave his or her garden for a week once in awhile. If you’ve gone on vacation during the growing season, you’ll know what I’m talking about when I say that things change so much in just seven...
Oct 1, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 1 Today I went from seeing my garden to the landscape of Arizona. And I thought that Cape Cod was dry. Here the plants are all about water conservation. First, foremost, and always. It’s always good to see...
Sep 30, 2010 | my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 30 There are some plant that I refer to as Brylcreem plants. They are the ones that explode in the garden: a little dab’ll do ya indeed. Licorice plant, Helichrysum petiolare is just such an annual. This...
Sep 29, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 29 I was talking to a friend recently who said that I must have felt overwhelmed when we moved to Poison Ivy Acres…dealing with a blank slate and all. As I look at what we’ve done in just three years, it is pretty...
Sep 28, 2010 | Inspiration, my gardens, products I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 28 There are times when something functional is also highly ornamental. Watering cans and terracotta flowerpots fall into this category. Baskets too, but usually not hoses and sprinklers. I think that a common...
Sep 27, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 27 I remember about a time when a fellow master gardener told me that she was delighted at how a particular planting looked in June. In front of a wall covered by variegated Euonymus and flowering Clematis, the...
