Dec 29, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 29 One of my garden missions for the coming year is to cover ground. I have far too many stretches of mulch in this three year-old garden, and these areas need to be filled with communities of plants. Although I...
Dec 22, 2010 | Pet Peeves, plants I hate, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 22 I got a letter from my friend and fellow writer Charlie Pendergast today, and learned of his appreciation for weeping junipers (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Tolleson’s Blue Weeping’). He remarked about the way people...
Dec 13, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 13 Despite my post yesterday where I was exulting about still being able to pick veggies from the garden, winter is really, truly here. Tomorrow night is predicted to be only 17 degrees in my region. It’s time for...
Dec 4, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – December 4 I returned home from the garden center in time to see the last rays of the setting sun hitting the red twig dogwood. It was just past 4 PM, but there was still enough light to catch the tops of the red branches. I...
Nov 27, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 27 Last week I got two packages of seeds in the mail. This end-of-the-current-season/early-next-season-order was spurred by the arrival of the Plant World Seeds catalog. I initially went to their catalog and website...
Nov 10, 2010 | my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 10 We’re on the slippery slope to Thanksgiving and right around the corner is the New Year. Here on Cape Cod there was a hard freeze last week and on Monday we awoke to a light coating of snow on the ground. You...
