Sep 21, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
Here we are in late September and we are still eating out of the garden. Two vegetables are particularly impressive right now; I’m continuing to love a squash I’ve planted for five years plus a pepper from Burpee that is my new BFF. Tonight the two got together for...
Sep 16, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Perennial Maintenance, plants I hate, plants I love
I’ve done four consultations in the past month for people who hate to throw a plant away. When anything has seeded that they recognize, they have either let the plant stay in that location or transplanted it elsewhere on the property. Some have divided perennials such...
Sep 12, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Have I got a plant for you. In northern climates it dies to the ground in the winter and returns next spring to grow from nothing into a shrub-like plant that’s six feet in all directions. Talk about renewal! The leaves are a nice, fine texture all summer and they are...
Sep 11, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love
A few years ago the phrase “Let me Google that for you” became a running joke at our New Year’s celebration. Our friends, Jesse and Maya, told us about a website with that name and soon it became the answer to all random questions and comments such as, “What ever...
Sep 10, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Inspiration, my gardens, plants I love
Put a note on your calender next May or early June that reads PLANT DAHLIAS. Or Dahlias, zinnias and Verbena bonariensis, for that matter. With this mix of plants you’ll be able to pick technicolor bouquets in the late summer and fall. Since I live in a warm...
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...
