Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
Spring must be here. My crocuses are blooming!
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2008 No Comments »
If you want to invest some time and money in your gardening skills, check out these upcoming workshops at the Topsfield Fairgrounds.
Saturday, March 29: “Painting with Plants, the Art of Designing a Flower Garden”
Nancy Garrabrants, director of UMass Extension, will discuss the subtleties of combining flower and leaf textures, plant silhouettes, and plant weight. Design [...]
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Posted in Garden on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s still too cold to do much outdoors, but I thought I’d take a moment to update you on my indoor plants.
Some did well this winter. This is the Night-Blooming Cereus plant that we started from a leaf cutting, last year with just one new shoot and now:
The winter was less kind to my big [...]
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Posted in Garden, Lawn, Newspaper on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
My Yard Dirt column has started up for the season in The Eagle-Tribune newspapers north of Boston.
Here’s the first installment, including a photo of my family:
Back in the dirt: New season of yard work, gardening comes with challenge of caring for a brand-new baby girl
The column is moving from Wednesdays to Sundays in the Eagle-Tribune. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2008 No Comments »
I woke up this morning to this:
Blah! More snow? Who needs it?
Fortunately, the arrival of this package brightened my day:
It’s my seeds!
This year I was selective about what I’m starting from seed. Most of these seeds are for planting directly in the garden: shell peas, green beans, two kinds of lettuce and my orange [...]
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Posted in Lawn on Mar 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
Thanks to Mary for letting us know about this event.
The Growing Green Group has invited Chip Osborne to speak about
organic lawn care. Chip and Pat Beckett started the living lawn project in Marblehead (www.livinglawn.org). The event will be held at the Rockport High School Performing Arts Auditorium March 20th
at 7:00 P.M. Please come celebrate the [...]
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Posted in Garden on Mar 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
A lot of people mark the start of the gardening season with the New England Spring Flower Show at the Bayside Expo Center in Boston, which starts this weekend (March 8-16).
It’s a huge show, with real plants set up in displays in a big indoor space.
I got in for free last year on a special [...]
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Posted in Garden, Lawn on Mar 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
There may be snow on the ground, but the “Yard Dirt: Sharing Seeds” blog is back in action for 2008.
It’s been an intense winter for me. My first child, a baby girl, was born Dec. 16 and she’s just finally sleeping through the night (most of the time).
All winter I’ve watched snow pile up on [...]
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