Posts Tagged ‘wildlife’
Savor the Sunlight
I'm busy – always busy – and yes, too busy. When I hesitate to slow down long enough to savor the last few moments of evening sun before it dips behind the trees, then I have lost sight of why I have a garden. I didn't create a garden to have something else to do…
Read MoreThe Winter Garden – a berry bounty
A winter garden doesn't just ‘happen’, it takes planning. Most of us visit nurseries earlier in the year when we are seduced into buying ephemeral spring beauties, colorful summer perennials and fall foliage. It takes serious restraint to look beyond those and seek plants that offer great bark, interesting silhouettes, winter flowers and bright berries. As I…
Read MoreFragrant Fall Favorites
Many of you enjoyed last week’s post on the katsura tree, loving its caramel apple scent as much as I do. Did you know that there are also several shrubs and perennials which spice up the fall garden with their fragrance too? Glossy abelia (Abelia x grandiflora) is a somewhat sprawling shrub with tubular white…
Read MoreGreat Bulbs for Fall Containers
It’s a bittersweet moment when you have to brace yourself to pull out all that lush summer growth, knowing that the replacements will inevitably look puny by comparison. I’ve just grappled with yards of overly – exuberant sweet potato vine, cutting back its long chartreuse tendrils of heart shaped leaves, digging deep in the containers…
Read MorePriceless parsnips
"there are perfectly good stores where you can buy parsnips you know”………… …….so commented a dear friend who couldn’t quite wrap her head around why we were spending many months and more than a few dollars to construct the Taj Mahal of vegetable gardens. If you’ve been following this blog for a while you…
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