Apr 29, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – April 29 I spent the day at a local elementary school talking about plants with six first grade classes. Six classes, in case you missed it the first time. You know how they say that dog years are equivalent to seven years...
Apr 28, 2011 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – April 28 I read a tweet tonight that was reminding people to space their plants to allow for future growth. I have blogged and spoken about the same topic many times, and yet recently I’ve come to think about spacing in...
Apr 20, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I hate, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – April 20 I saw a planting today that I periodically drive by, and I remembered that some eighteen years ago this bed contained the blue flowering Rhododendron ‘Starry Night’. This reminded me of the time a woman came into...
Apr 9, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – April 9 Gardening is a great deal like life. There are sometimes when less is better and other instances when more is definitely more. Fertilizer? A light hand is often preferable. Flowers? Going beyond a single plant and...
Mar 24, 2011 | my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – March 24 They call a spring snow “poor man’s fertilizer” because the flakes pick up nitrogen from the air as they fall, and then melting quickly, deposit that element into the soil. Thanks for trying to save me money, Mother...
