Jul 19, 2011 | my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 19 Breakfast this morning was plain yogurt, walnuts, homemade granola and freshly picked blueberries and raspberries. Superfoods. Blueberries, oats, walnuts and yogurt are included in common lists of foods that good for...
Jul 17, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Perennial Maintenance, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 17 I’m into my fourth summer at Poison Ivy Acres, and this means dealing with plants that have put in the wrong place. Planting that ‘Morning Light’ Miscanthus in the entry garden seemed like a good idea at the time....
Jul 16, 2011 | Inspiration, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 16 We’re having a Fairy Garden Festival at the garden center, and are calling for entries into a Fairy House contest. (Prizes are $25. gift certificates!) There will also be several fairy houses hidden around the garden...
Jul 13, 2011 | my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 13 I was photographing my Hosta yesterday and noticed that the clump with the white edge (‘Patriot’ I think) has been severely chewed, either by slugs or earwigs or both. What was interesting is that the varieties that...
Jul 10, 2011 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 10 As I was downloading photos of my garden this evening I checked in with my garden writing group on facebook. Derek Powazek wrote about Julie Bass’s struggle to grow vegetables in her front yard in Oak Park, Michigan....
Jul 7, 2011 | Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 7 Some of my landscaper pals tell me that the morning host at my radio station was complaining about my garden photos on the wall at the studio. Now I will admit that it’s been too long since I refreshed this wall, but...
