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 22, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 22 Gina, a regular reader of this blog, sent me a lovely email awhile back, and the subject line was from the play Camino Real by Tennessee Williams: “The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.”...
Nov 21, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 21 I got a phone call the other day from someone who had his sights on a hedge of leatherleaf Viburnum. He wanted to see those large, textured, shiny leaves all winter. “That plant might live thought the winter...
Nov 6, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 6 At the Northeast Greenhouse Conference I heard Lloyd Traven, of Peace Tree Farm, speak about garden centers and the current importance of growing herbs and vegetables. He made the statement that we need to make...