So I finished that book about native plants in about a day. It was eye-opening. Here are two columns that sort of relate.
Autumn olive is no lover of mine
New landscaping approach accounts for insect appetites
Here’s a picture of that lovely invasive weed, autumn olive.
As you can see, the murder has not been carried out [...]
I was looking for something to do outside this week with the baby and we found ourselves wandering around at R. Seawright Gardens in Carlisle, Mass. It’s a farm that grows daylilies and hostas in a big field. You walk around with a price list and pick out the flowers you like and the employees [...]
So much is going on. First, isn’t it great we’ve had so much rain this summer? My lawn is still (somewhat) green and I haven’t even thought about dragging out the sprinkler. Usually by this time of year everything is crispy and dry.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the weeds that are taking over [...]
The heat wave last week seemed to cut the blossom time short on my rhododendrons (or maybe I just misremember how long they usually stay in bloom).
Fortunately, when one thing fades another bursts to life. It’s rose time, the brief few weeks of pretty blossoms that make up for all the times those obnoxious thorns [...]
I finally got some photos of my backyard “meadow” (the little area behind the garden that I’ve stopped mowing).
First, the full story can be found here:
“Where the wild things are: a yard corner goes unmowed”
And here it is:
If anybody knows what those tall, skinny plants are in the first photo, I’d love to know!
My husband and his coworker were having a discussion recently about how high a fence needs to be to keep rabbits out of a vegetable garden.
His coworker thought it wouldn’t need to be very high.
My husband’s response was to send him a link to one of the many YouTube videos of a sport called competitive [...]
Remember the wasp nest that was growing on our house last year?
Well, as predicted the wasps abandoned the nest when it got cold. We left it up all winter, just to be safe. We finally took it down this weekend (and by “we” I mean my husband … I poked at it a few times [...]
Memorial Day is quickly becoming one of my favorite holidays. I’ve been waiting so long to plant my flowers and veggies. The time is finally here.Here’s what I’ve been up to this week, getting ready for the big planting.
Hardening off seedlings:
Checking on the early spring crops, shell peas and lettuce … and some surprises. This [...]
Check out this interesting article in the New York Times today about the worldwide shortage of fertilizer for agriculture.
“The Food Chain: Shortages threaten farmers’ key tool, fertilizer”
It’s strange to think that people in many parts of the world are facing malnutrition because crops are suddenly so expensive, in part because of fertilizer prices, and yet [...]
One of the best things about being a lawn and garden geek is that you can appreciate a dismal rainy April day. Isn’t today gorgeous?
I enjoyed all that sun, but the tender new grass in my lawn was getting thirsty. Yesterday it was looking a little yellow. And my lettuce didn’t seem to be growing. [...]
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