Sep 19, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, Plant Something!, You Can Grow That!
Regular and sporadic readers of this blog know that back in the fall of 2011 I proposed that this phrase would be useful for the promotion of plants and gardening. Since I think that horticulture and the gardening enhances just about every aspect of life, my goal is...
Sep 6, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, Plant Something!, plants I love
Three years ago I planted two varieties of Amaranthus, Tower Red and Tower Green. They did OK, and were interesting, but nothing I wanted to grow from seed again. This year they were back, big time. The red variety self-seeded and the cutting garden was filled with...
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...
