Mar 15, 2011 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – March 15 At the risk of beating the longing for spring to death, I want to confess that my impulse today was to scream at my landscape: “Wake UP!” I know my desire for the growing season to get on with it already is...
Mar 10, 2011 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – March 10 I recently met a woman who is a reader of this blog. “I’m interested in the way your mind works,” she said. I laughed, and we talked about grass seed, landscaping and everything except, thankfully, the workings of...
Mar 9, 2011 | Life's Gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – March 9 For different folks. To each his own. Or, perhaps, as Paul Simon put it: “One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.” I was thinking about all of these phrases as I left the garden club where I spoke this afternoon....
Mar 1, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – March 1 I did my first garden consultation of the season today. Yes, it was cold but at least it wasn’t snowing. The condo association that I met with was interested in some possible plantings for an area along the driveway...
Feb 24, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – February 24 At this time of year gardeners are either applauding spring or looking forward to the growing season…they’re already rejoicing or anticipating that celebration. Yes, we’re facing a great deal of work, but it’s...
