Oct 18, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – October 18 One thing that I love about gardens and gardening is that it almost forces us to stay open. The garden constantly challenges our most opinionated selves, asking questions and making comments such as, “You say you don’t...
Oct 14, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – October 14 What is it about the daisy shaped flower that captures our hearts? Is it the simplicity? Are these types of blooms somehow permanently linked to cheerfulness? Does the daisy mysteriously call to our hearts, or do they...
Oct 9, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – October 9 Five years ago we were into our third year of looking for a larger property and new house. On Columbus Day weekend I saw a classified ad in the Cape Cod Times for an open house in Sandwich. “I don’t know if it will be...
Oct 7, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – October 7 Everywhere I look the landscape is so incredibly lush. Since most of my gardens contain a mix of annuals, perennials and shrubs, and I love different foliage colors as well as flowers, they still are brilliant and full....
Sep 29, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – September 29 Now for the photos that go with the pruning recipe posted yesterday. This post was in response to a talk I gave at the North Shore Horticultural Society in Manchester, MA on Tuesday. Although people said that they...
Sep 25, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – September 25 I have a White Chiffon rose of Sharon that I love, except for one tiny habit…it self seeds prolifically. Not all rose of Sharon do this. For fifteen years I grew a double flowering pink variety that didn’t produce any...
