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Holland Bulb Farms is having a garden photo contest. And no, not getting paid to tell you this (I wish) just thought I entered so others might want to too. Go and enter your own, or just vote for mine. Please? Here are my entries. They allow you to upload as...
Holland Bulb Farms is having a garden photo contest. And no, not getting paid to tell you this (I wish) just thought I entered so others might want to too. Go and enter your own, or just vote for mine. Please? Here are my entries. They allow you to upload as...
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair – The bees are stirring -birds are on the wing – And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I...
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair – The bees are stirring -birds are on the wing – And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I...
Extend the Harvest: How to Make Jam
This isn’t strictly a gardening post, strictly, but as I look outside and see the cold barren wasteland of Hoth I can’t really write much about gardening, can I? However, extending your harvest is something that is interesting and useful for all people who grow edible plants, which is a whole...
Extend the Harvest: How to Make Jam
This isn’t strictly a gardening post, strictly, but as I look outside and see the cold barren wasteland of Hoth I can’t really write much about gardening, can I? However, extending your harvest is something that is interesting and useful for all people who grow edible plants, which is a whole...
How to fix a tree with a split trunk from wind damage
Readers of this blog will know that my favorite tree is my forest pansy redbud, indeed the related posts you’ll find at the bottom of this missive will point to the other blog posts where I have mentioned it. I love this tree because it has spring interest, in the...
How to fix a tree with a split trunk from wind damage
Readers of this blog will know that my favorite tree is my forest pansy redbud, indeed the related posts you’ll find at the bottom of this missive will point to the other blog posts where I have mentioned it. I love this tree because it has spring interest, in the...
San Francisco’s New Composting Law
I just heard about this on the news. Apparently today a new law in San Francisco took affect, enacting the strictest trash ordinance in the country. Everyone either has to compost at home, or get a separate bin to put their compostables in for curbside pickup, or be fined with...
San Francisco’s New Composting Law
I just heard about this on the news. Apparently today a new law in San Francisco took affect, enacting the strictest trash ordinance in the country. Everyone either has to compost at home, or get a separate bin to put their compostables in for curbside pickup, or be fined with...
I love big mophead hydrangeas, they do really well in shade or part sun, and get big bright flowers on them. They don’t do well north of where I am, but I’m pretty much at the northern border of where you’ll reliably get blooms every year, so I can grow...
I love big mophead hydrangeas, they do really well in shade or part sun, and get big bright flowers on them. They don’t do well north of where I am, but I’m pretty much at the northern border of where you’ll reliably get blooms every year, so I can grow...
The Occasional Gardener
While NYC dips into temperatures below freezing again, I continue to work on designs for Summer 2011 and thought I would share an interesting trend prediction from Li Edelkoort's recent presentation - water. Not just aesthetically as in color palettes drawn from rivers, reefs, pools, oceans, mermaids and the like...
While NYC dips into temperatures below freezing again, I continue to work on designs for Summer 2011 and thought I would share an interesting trend prediction from Li Edelkoort's recent presentation - water. Not just aesthetically as in color palettes drawn from rivers, reefs, pools, oceans, mermaids and the like...
I just got round to noting Pantone's color of the year for 2010 - Turquoise 15-5519. My first garden related thought about the color was- Kyles' pot. Kyle, an artist friend living in Rhode Island that I visited while on vacation this year had the most beautiful collection of ceramic...
I just got round to noting Pantone's color of the year for 2010 - Turquoise 15-5519. My first garden related thought about the color was- Kyles' pot. Kyle, an artist friend living in Rhode Island that I visited while on vacation this year had the most beautiful collection of ceramic...
I love Verbena Bonariensis. I love the lanky stilt stalks - see how they catch the evening September light here ( taken at the NYBG ). I tried last year with seed sown directly into the beds. Nothing showed up. I had them in my London garden and they...
I love Verbena Bonariensis. I love the lanky stilt stalks - see how they catch the evening September light here ( taken at the NYBG ). I tried last year with seed sown directly into the beds. Nothing showed up. I had them in my London garden and they...
Back in 1998 I bought a computer- a Mac. I patiently waited for AOL dial up to get on the internet, struggled through a manual to learn Photoshop and breathlessly read Wired magazine's predictions about what this all meant for the future. Would all this technology really allow me to...
Back in 1998 I bought a computer- a Mac. I patiently waited for AOL dial up to get on the internet, struggled through a manual to learn Photoshop and breathlessly read Wired magazine's predictions about what this all meant for the future. Would all this technology really allow me to...
I went up to Mamaroneck on new year's day for a party and was charged to gather up whatever I could from the garden to spruce up the festivities. A quick walkabout yielded some red berries that went nicely with some pine branches. Then a range of dried hydrangeas and...
I went up to Mamaroneck on new year's day for a party and was charged to gather up whatever I could from the garden to spruce up the festivities. A quick walkabout yielded some red berries that went nicely with some pine branches. Then a range of dried hydrangeas and...
Last year, I worked on this winter hydrangea image which then led to a couple more in a certain palette of yellow/green/brown cast neutrals inspired by Andrew Wyeth's palette and then it picked up an indigo ink tinted scheme. The more graphic motifs/images created by a blank snow canvas against...
Last year, I worked on this winter hydrangea image which then led to a couple more in a certain palette of yellow/green/brown cast neutrals inspired by Andrew Wyeth's palette and then it picked up an indigo ink tinted scheme. The more graphic motifs/images created by a blank snow canvas against...
You Grow Girl: The Dirt
You know, I’ve never much cared for caladium. They’ve always been a “whatever” plant in my book, a humdrum bit of foliage most often seen crammed into decorative baskets and seasonal greenhouse exhibits. Who cares? (Perhaps many of you. In which case, I’m a monster and a tasteless fool....
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Yesterday I posed the question, What is inspiring your edible garden this year? I think it is only fair that I join in and divulge my current inspirations for the 2010 growing season. I saw this book, Terrine by Stéphane Reynaud the other day but couldn’t justify the purchase....
chilean oxalis 'Pink Buttercups' [Flickr]
yougrowgirl posted a photo: Gift from a friend. I have a new obsession with oxalis. Finally got around to planting them the other day....
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I did a quick and easy giveaway of my new book “Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces” on The Twitter last week and as promised I’m doing one here too. It’s still winter and most of us are hibernating and reserving energy for the spring, so let’s...
The Occasional Gardener
While NYC dips into temperatures below freezing again, I continue to work on designs for Summer 2011 and thought I would share an interesting trend prediction from Li Edelkoort's recent presentation - water. Not just aesthetically as in color palettes drawn from rivers, reefs, pools, oceans, mermaids and the like...
While NYC dips into temperatures below freezing again, I continue to work on designs for Summer 2011 and thought I would share an interesting trend prediction from Li Edelkoort's recent presentation - water. Not just aesthetically as in color palettes drawn from rivers, reefs, pools, oceans, mermaids and the like...
I just got round to noting Pantone's color of the year for 2010 - Turquoise 15-5519. My first garden related thought about the color was- Kyles' pot. Kyle, an artist friend living in Rhode Island that I visited while on vacation this year had the most beautiful collection of ceramic...
I just got round to noting Pantone's color of the year for 2010 - Turquoise 15-5519. My first garden related thought about the color was- Kyles' pot. Kyle, an artist friend living in Rhode Island that I visited while on vacation this year had the most beautiful collection of ceramic...
I love Verbena Bonariensis. I love the lanky stilt stalks - see how they catch the evening September light here ( taken at the NYBG ). I tried last year with seed sown directly into the beds. Nothing showed up. I had them in my London garden and they...
I love Verbena Bonariensis. I love the lanky stilt stalks - see how they catch the evening September light here ( taken at the NYBG ). I tried last year with seed sown directly into the beds. Nothing showed up. I had them in my London garden and they...
Back in 1998 I bought a computer- a Mac. I patiently waited for AOL dial up to get on the internet, struggled through a manual to learn Photoshop and breathlessly read Wired magazine's predictions about what this all meant for the future. Would all this technology really allow me to...
Back in 1998 I bought a computer- a Mac. I patiently waited for AOL dial up to get on the internet, struggled through a manual to learn Photoshop and breathlessly read Wired magazine's predictions about what this all meant for the future. Would all this technology really allow me to...
I went up to Mamaroneck on new year's day for a party and was charged to gather up whatever I could from the garden to spruce up the festivities. A quick walkabout yielded some red berries that went nicely with some pine branches. Then a range of dried hydrangeas and...
I went up to Mamaroneck on new year's day for a party and was charged to gather up whatever I could from the garden to spruce up the festivities. A quick walkabout yielded some red berries that went nicely with some pine branches. Then a range of dried hydrangeas and...
Last year, I worked on this winter hydrangea image which then led to a couple more in a certain palette of yellow/green/brown cast neutrals inspired by Andrew Wyeth's palette and then it picked up an indigo ink tinted scheme. The more graphic motifs/images created by a blank snow canvas against...
Last year, I worked on this winter hydrangea image which then led to a couple more in a certain palette of yellow/green/brown cast neutrals inspired by Andrew Wyeth's palette and then it picked up an indigo ink tinted scheme. The more graphic motifs/images created by a blank snow canvas against...
Digging
Six more weeks of winter? Say it ain’t so, Phil! Actually, it isn’t so—not in central Texas anyway. While Old Man Winter has overstayed his welcome this year, freeze-browning many of our plants during his tenure, cold is relative, and Austin winters are just not that bad. But it seems a week...
Agave pup gift: A. americana mediopicta ‘Alba’
I received a beautiful Agave americana var. mediopicta ‘Alba’ pup from a generous gardener I don’t even know, and I want to give her a shout-out. While reading Kathleen Scott’s Foliage Follow-Up post last month over at Hill Country Mysteries, I admired one of these beautiful, striped agaves. Kathleen told me...
Ding-dong, amaryllis calling! OK, it’s official—the neighbors think I’m nuts. But don’t you agree that my new green door is a good backdrop for the red-and-white candy stripes? This is one of my bargain-sale amaryllis from Target, which has turned into a bodacious blooming beauty. Gorgeous color! Speaking of color, I...
Fearless Color Gardens: A book review
San Francisco Bay-area artist and garden designer Keeyla Meadows offers playful, step-by-step guidelines to making colorful gardens in her new book Fearless Color Gardens: The Creative Gardener’s Guide to Jumping Off the Color Wheel. Illustrating her ideas with dozens of images from her own vibrant garden, Meadows eschews the color...
Penick Landscape Design: New website & Facebook page
Over the holidays, the website for Penick Landscape Design, my garden design and garden coaching business here in Austin, got a much-needed facelift and redesign, thanks to hours of collaboration with my computer guru (aka tech-savvy spouse). Yippee! I’m still working on the portfolio page and will have before-and-after pics...
Yesterday I stoically showed pictures of the succulents that came through our cold snap with little to no damage. But other succulents, including some agaves and aloes, plus some of my zone-pushing plants like Australian acacias and Mexican bamboo, were fatally damaged or set back and must grow back from...
Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas
The Changing Garden: Practically Speaking
Here's what I did to change our garden this weekend....
Growing a Beurre Bosc Pear Tree
Here's ahow to grow your own Bosc Pear tree....
What is the Best Grass for Dogs?
Finding the best grass for dogs is quite simple - just look for something that grows quick and could easily survive a nuclear holocaust!...
Strawberry Hearts for Valentines Day
The ultimate gift for Valentine's Day this year could be a single strawberry grown into the shape of a heart. Oooohh!...
BotanicPhotos.com | Selling your garden photos online
If you're looking for a place to buy and sell garden photos then check out BotanicPhotos.com...
When did you last LISTEN to your garden?
Listening to your garden should be an activity that's practised regularly to help understand what your garden might be trying to telling you....
Gardening Examiner
Time left over for life: A review of The NEW Low-Maintenance Garden
Related Articles Garden books for the beginner Uniquely American: Great American Gardens Pretty produce: Organic Crops in PotsReader's Digest All-New Illustrated Guide to Gardening There have been years in which I spent 20 hours a week weedin......
Uniquely American: Great Gardens of America
Great Gardens of America profiles 25 diverse gardens from coast to coast in North America.What makes American gardens ‘American’?That is the question author Tim Richardson seeks to answer in his stunning new book Great Gardens of Ame......
Indulge your interest in birds: Join Project FeederWatch
Mourning doves gather at a hopper and platformfeeder in winter If your gardening chores are winding down but you're still missing the great outdoors, get your fix while contributing to science by signing up for Project Feederwatch.The purpose of th......
Gardening Nude with Shawna Coronado's green-health philosophy
Gardening Nude is Shawna Coronado's metaphor for hergood-health philosophy. Related Articles Pretty Produce: Organic Crops in Pots The Ultimate Gardener Garden books for the beginner Historic Charleston: A photo tour Don’t mistake......
Gardening 101: How do you avoid garden pests and diseases?
Careful attention to garden hygiene isn't just abouthow the garden looks. It can reduce the possibilityof pests and diseases. Even professional gardeners discover sickening diseases and pests in their gardens with alarming regularity. But practicing......
Vegetables 101: How do I grow cucumbers?
Cucumbers are simple to grow as long as you respect their need for full sun, well-enriched soil and plenty of water. Although cucumber plants are widely available at garden centers, big box stores and even grocery stores, the selection is lim......
Plant Talk
A World of Plants Spotlight: Deserts of the World
Laura Collier is Marketing Associate at The New York Botanical Garden Deserts cover about a third of the Earth’s surface but are so extreme that just about 5 percent of the world’s population live there. That doesn’t make them devoid of plant life. Quite to the contrary, thousands of plant species...
The Orchid Show Coming Together
Designer Visits from Florida to View Progress of Installation Jorge Sánchez (right), designer of The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower, and John C. Lubischer (left), Senior Associate of the Palm Beach-based landscape architectural firm Sánchez & Maddux, visited the Botanical Garden last week to view the progress of the installation, which...
Garden Shows High Schoolers Future Possibilities
GEAR UP Introduces Students to Careers in Plant Sciences Yadana Desmond is Program Coordinator and Instructor for the GEAR UP program at the Botanical Garden. It was a cold Saturday morning in January, a day off for most students, but 27 ninth graders from area high schools were intently studying the...
Tip of the Week: A Million Trees? Try This New Planting Method
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. One of the highest arts or noblest feats in life is to put new and ambitious ideas into practice. New Yorkers were promised “a million trees” to green the city, combat greenhouse gases, and improve the quality of life. Can it be done? Thanks...
A World of Plants Spotlight: Tropical Lowland Rain Forest
Laura Collier is Marketing Associate at The New York Botanical Garden Chocolate, papaya, guava, cashews—the list of plants in the Tropical Lowland Rain Forest of A World of Plants in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory seems strangely like the list of my favorite foods. Beyond food, the rain forest provides us with...
Massive Palms Arrive from Florida for Cuba-Themed Installation Twenty-one Sabal palmetto palms, each over 1,200 pounds and about 15 feet tall, were loaded in Deland, Florida (top photos by John Lubischer), for a two-day trip to New York to be included in The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower, which opens February...
Backyard Gardening Blog
Holland Bulb Farms is having a garden photo contest. And no, not getting paid to tell you this (I wish) just thought I entered so others might want to too. Go and enter your own, or just vote for mine. Please? Here are my entries. They allow you to upload as...
Holland Bulb Farms is having a garden photo contest. And no, not getting paid to tell you this (I wish) just thought I entered so others might want to too. Go and enter your own, or just vote for mine. Please? Here are my entries. They allow you to upload as...
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair – The bees are stirring -birds are on the wing – And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I...
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair – The bees are stirring -birds are on the wing – And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I...
Extend the Harvest: How to Make Jam
This isn’t strictly a gardening post, strictly, but as I look outside and see the cold barren wasteland of Hoth I can’t really write much about gardening, can I? However, extending your harvest is something that is interesting and useful for all people who grow edible plants, which is a whole...
Extend the Harvest: How to Make Jam
This isn’t strictly a gardening post, strictly, but as I look outside and see the cold barren wasteland of Hoth I can’t really write much about gardening, can I? However, extending your harvest is something that is interesting and useful for all people who grow edible plants, which is a whole...
How to fix a tree with a split trunk from wind damage
Readers of this blog will know that my favorite tree is my forest pansy redbud, indeed the related posts you’ll find at the bottom of this missive will point to the other blog posts where I have mentioned it. I love this tree because it has spring interest, in the...
How to fix a tree with a split trunk from wind damage
Readers of this blog will know that my favorite tree is my forest pansy redbud, indeed the related posts you’ll find at the bottom of this missive will point to the other blog posts where I have mentioned it. I love this tree because it has spring interest, in the...
San Francisco’s New Composting Law
I just heard about this on the news. Apparently today a new law in San Francisco took affect, enacting the strictest trash ordinance in the country. Everyone either has to compost at home, or get a separate bin to put their compostables in for curbside pickup, or be fined with...
San Francisco’s New Composting Law
I just heard about this on the news. Apparently today a new law in San Francisco took affect, enacting the strictest trash ordinance in the country. Everyone either has to compost at home, or get a separate bin to put their compostables in for curbside pickup, or be fined with...
I love big mophead hydrangeas, they do really well in shade or part sun, and get big bright flowers on them. They don’t do well north of where I am, but I’m pretty much at the northern border of where you’ll reliably get blooms every year, so I can grow...
I love big mophead hydrangeas, they do really well in shade or part sun, and get big bright flowers on them. They don’t do well north of where I am, but I’m pretty much at the northern border of where you’ll reliably get blooms every year, so I can grow...
Home Gardening News
Some of you were kind enough to follow my first attempt at growing an indoor garden to decorate and supplement my apartment's kitchen....
Some of you were kind enough to follow my first attempt at growing an indoor garden to decorate and supplement my apartment's kitchen....
Penny Lally at the grave of her husband John at Rose Farm, now a popular pet and human cemetery
WHENEVER widow Penny Lally looks out of the windows of her farmhouse, she's comforted by the fact that, since her late husband John is buried in the garden, he is never far away....
Penny Lally at the grave of her husband John at Rose Farm, now a popular pet and human cemetery
WHENEVER widow Penny Lally looks out of the windows of her farmhouse, she's comforted by the fact that, since her late husband John is buried in the garden, he is never far away....
School dismayed to find garden-soil donation hails from marijuana dispensary
By Steve Chawkins Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - A free truckload of soil for a Santa Barbara, Calif., school's new vegetable garden should have been something to celebrate....
School dismayed to find garden-soil donation hails from marijuana dispensary
By Steve Chawkins Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - A free truckload of soil for a Santa Barbara, Calif., school's new vegetable garden should have been something to celebrate....
Radio host Neil Sperry's gardening show on KRLD-AM to be canceled
The long-running radio show of gardening guru Neil Sperry will be canceled this summer, he said in a letter to listeners....
Radio host Neil Sperry's gardening show on KRLD-AM to be canceled
The long-running radio show of gardening guru Neil Sperry will be canceled this summer, he said in a letter to listeners....
Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference'
Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Central Government Thursday 4th February 2010 - 8:42am Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference' MPs were braced for a fresh onslaught over their expenses today as the long-awaited report naming those parliamentarians ordered to pay back cash to the...
Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference'
Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Central Government Thursday 4th February 2010 - 8:42am Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference' MPs were braced for a fresh onslaught over their expenses today as the long-awaited report naming those parliamentarians ordered to pay back cash to the...
'Unskilled' Haldiram owner to work in jail garden for Rs 18
Kolkata One of the richest businessmen in Kolkata, convicted bhujia baron Prabhu Shankar Agarwal has been identified as 'non-skilled' labour by jail authorities and allotted garden work, for which he will get daily wage of Rs 18....
'Unskilled' Haldiram owner to work in jail garden for Rs 18
Kolkata One of the richest businessmen in Kolkata, convicted bhujia baron Prabhu Shankar Agarwal has been identified as 'non-skilled' labour by jail authorities and allotted garden work, for which he will get daily wage of Rs 18....
A Way to Garden
doodle by andre: shelter in a storm
IF FOR EVEN A MOMENT ANY ONE OF YOU THINKS OF A WAY TO GARDEN as the shelter in dear Andre’s latest doodle, then I am one happy garden writer. I know at the start of the difficult season we said we’d stick together, and we have. From all the...
finally waking up to ‘riesentraube’ tomato
I MUST HAVE CUT CLASS WHEN ‘RIESENTRAUBE’ TOMATO was in the lesson plan. But how could I have missed or slept through what looks to be such a spectacular small-fruited tomato, especially one that’s been around for more than a century? Thanks to my old friend Southern Exposure Seed Exchange...
toasting relocated ‘chucks on groundhog day
LET’S RAISE A GLASS TODAY TO RELOCATED GROUNDHOGS, toasting the ones we managed somehow to outsmart. That’s one such captive in the garbage can, above—remember?—about to be literally driven away from the garden, a highlight of my year in 2009. Happy Groundhog Day. It will be another “Just Say No...
pondering a bout of mid-winter pruning
IF THE BIG CHILL BACKS OFF A BIT MORE, I MIGHT GO PRUNE—at least remove the water sprouts that jut up vertically from branches of older fruit trees and magnolias here, and will never amount to anything but a mess that casts shade and wastes energy. I thought I’d remind...
my february 2010 garden chores
NEW BEGINNINGS, ALMOST: The last bit of winter’s the hardest, to my mind, with patience wearing thin (wish some icy spots would wear thin, instead). Getting ready for seed-starting action provides a distraction, and one could always order a few more packets to soothe the soul. My list of favorite...
This Garden Is Illegal
Yellow Perfection Tomato: Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009 As far as yellow tomatoes go, well for me they are hit or miss. I have tried some really great yellow tomatoes, and others, well, not so much. The reason yellow tomatoes are so ambiguous on the flavor scale is the fact that...
Speckled Roman Tomato: Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009 This would be my freaky-deaky tomato of the season. It is a tomato that really, really wants people to think it is part of the very in hot pepper crowd. If you were not looking closely, you might mistake it for one. But...
Black From Tula Tomato: Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009 If tomatoes spoke, I imagine in my head that this one has a southern accent. Granted, according to its history, it would have a heavy Russian accent, but frankly, Tula does not sound like a cold Eastern Block city, but rather a warm and heavy...
Cherokee Purple Tomato: Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009 This is the tomato that took my heirloom virginity. Many years ago, when I was but a sparkling, wet new home owner, I planted a vegetable garden. Sure, I had kept container gardens before. Grew an odd tomato here or there, had watched my own...
White Tomesol Tomato: Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009
Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2009 I am not a white tomato fan. They tend to be bland because they tend to low acid. Great for people with acid reflux issues but not so much for my particular palet. But, I am hopeful for this one. First, it was recommended by my...
Garden Blogs Directory
Serenity in the Garden is fun, informative and full of tidbits of slightly metaphysical musings about creating harmony, simplicity and peace in the landscape....
Welcome to my garden in sub-tropical zone 9b! I will introduce you to some unfamiliar plants and re-aquaint you with some old favorites. Follow along from planting to harvest!...
Stone Arts blog follows all kinds of creative and artistic things in the garden as well as providing gardening and garden construction tips and information....
here I show the story of the making of my commuter-garden in Lido of Venice, Italy from its start. Here I keep also the record (and the pictures) of the progress of the planning and the planting....
This is a young gardening blog that chronicles organic gardening in Northern California (Zones 15 & 16). The site is in its second season but shows great pictures and has begun to show data relevant...
Cold Climate Gardening
The Great Houseplant Census of 2010
Mr. McGregor’s Daughter, in an effort to promote domestic harmony*, has requested gardeners everywhere to tally up the number of plants they currently have growing inside. Here are my results: Outdoor Plants Wintering Over 1 rosemary 1 ‘Rehoku Sunrise’ carex (an experiment) 1 apple seedling (my middle daughter’s experiment) 1 orange tree grown from seed...
Edible Blue Honeysuckle: A Fruit for Cold Climates
My first introduction to Clayton was his comment on my post about cold climate seeds. On his recommendation I checked out the links in his sidebar. That’s how I found out he grows edible blue honeysuckle, a fruit that is extremely hardy. I thought my readers would like to know...
What happens when the snow melts in the middle of winter? I made a brief video to show you: Some roads and a few low bridges have flooded, forcing early school closings and rerouting traffic. A thaw in January is common, but rain doesn’t always accompany it. Sometimes it is brilliantly sunny,...
Seventh Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium
Kerry Mendez just emailed me about the Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium: “Six dynamic garden lectures by nationally recognized speakers, great handouts, food, door prizes, and garden gifts. The event takes place at The Equinox Resort in Manchester, VT. Overnight packages and day only rates available. Speakers...
How Do You Know If A Plant Is Hardy?
I was just reading Graham Rice’s musings on plants that grow in the coldest climates. He observed that the resources he consulted did not agree on which plants were tough enough to take USDA zone 2. If you’ve been gardening for any length of time (which of course Graham has),...
Winner of the Botanical Interests Seed Collection Giveaway
John Deal is the winner, chosen randomly by the random number generator. Thank you to everyone for participating! Botanical Interests will be holding other giveaways later on this year, so you will have other chances to win....
Home Gardening News
Some of you were kind enough to follow my first attempt at growing an indoor garden to decorate and supplement my apartment's kitchen....
Some of you were kind enough to follow my first attempt at growing an indoor garden to decorate and supplement my apartment's kitchen....
Penny Lally at the grave of her husband John at Rose Farm, now a popular pet and human cemetery
WHENEVER widow Penny Lally looks out of the windows of her farmhouse, she's comforted by the fact that, since her late husband John is buried in the garden, he is never far away....
Penny Lally at the grave of her husband John at Rose Farm, now a popular pet and human cemetery
WHENEVER widow Penny Lally looks out of the windows of her farmhouse, she's comforted by the fact that, since her late husband John is buried in the garden, he is never far away....
School dismayed to find garden-soil donation hails from marijuana dispensary
By Steve Chawkins Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - A free truckload of soil for a Santa Barbara, Calif., school's new vegetable garden should have been something to celebrate....
School dismayed to find garden-soil donation hails from marijuana dispensary
By Steve Chawkins Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - A free truckload of soil for a Santa Barbara, Calif., school's new vegetable garden should have been something to celebrate....
Radio host Neil Sperry's gardening show on KRLD-AM to be canceled
The long-running radio show of gardening guru Neil Sperry will be canceled this summer, he said in a letter to listeners....
Radio host Neil Sperry's gardening show on KRLD-AM to be canceled
The long-running radio show of gardening guru Neil Sperry will be canceled this summer, he said in a letter to listeners....
Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference'
Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Central Government Thursday 4th February 2010 - 8:42am Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference' MPs were braced for a fresh onslaught over their expenses today as the long-awaited report naming those parliamentarians ordered to pay back cash to the...
Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference'
Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Central Government Thursday 4th February 2010 - 8:42am Legg report into MPs' expenses to criticise 'culture of deference' MPs were braced for a fresh onslaught over their expenses today as the long-awaited report naming those parliamentarians ordered to pay back cash to the...
'Unskilled' Haldiram owner to work in jail garden for Rs 18
Kolkata One of the richest businessmen in Kolkata, convicted bhujia baron Prabhu Shankar Agarwal has been identified as 'non-skilled' labour by jail authorities and allotted garden work, for which he will get daily wage of Rs 18....
'Unskilled' Haldiram owner to work in jail garden for Rs 18
Kolkata One of the richest businessmen in Kolkata, convicted bhujia baron Prabhu Shankar Agarwal has been identified as 'non-skilled' labour by jail authorities and allotted garden work, for which he will get daily wage of Rs 18....
My Northern Garden
My Northern Garden is being transplanted! I’m moving (with much help from local computer guru, Sean Hayford O’Leary) to http://mynortherngarden.com. The original site will continue to be available for some time, but the information will also be available in the new location with plenty of new posts about garden trends...
Phase one of the monster snow storm hitting Minnesota and the rest of the Midwest this Christmas forced the postponement of some family plans for Christmas Eve, so I spent the day snow-blowing the driveway, baking cookies with my daughters, and admiring the snow shapes that form on the plants...
With as many new plants as I have this year, I was deciding whether to put some mulch around them. No need now! We got about 8 inches of new snow (my estimate) and lots of blowing and drifting during the storm that is still marching across the Midwest. As...
This Christmas Tree is for the Birds
This weekend, I finished up the last of my outdoor holiday decorating with a Christmas tree for the birds. I’d seen suggestions for these on a few birding and gardening web sites and thought it would make winter more exciting if we had some birds to watch outside of the...
Judging by the decorations Northfield merchants are putting out for tomorrow’s Winter Walk — an annual shop, sing, meet, greet event that is enjoyed all but the city’s most Scrooge-like residents — the hot items in holiday container decorations are: spray paint, whimsy and lots of texture. While taking photos downtown,...
Holiday Containers on the Cheap, Part 2
With the weather about to cool way down, I didn’t want to wait to put together a mixed holiday container. It’s easy to spend a lot on items like packaged spruce tips, curly willow sticks, red twig dogwood and even faux berries and poinsettias, but you can also do a...
Christian Science Monitor | Gardening
Amaryllis flowers brighten winter
Amaryllis flowers are big, bright, and bold. They're also easy to grow. ...
Winners of our Flickr garden-photo contest
A trio of great fruit photos win the Monitor's photo contest on Flickr. ...
This yard just naturally attracts wildlife
The National Wildlife Federation certifies qualified yards – and even balcony gardens – as wildlife habitats to encourage people to maintain natural landscapes. ...
Lily-of-the-valley cultivars are beautiful, not so invasive
New cultivars of lily-of-the valley have better manners and don't spread as much as the common type your grandmother grew. ...
Tips for planning a beautiful yard
A well-planned landscape can increase your home's beauty and its sale price. ...
For a successful garden, know your soil
Understanding your soil is a critical first step in building a successful garden. ...