Posted in Landscape, Garden, Lawn on Apr 28th, 2008 No Comments »
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. It was just sitting there. Now it’s so green I can see it from the window — it’s almost glowing!
Love … continued »
Posted in Garden on Apr 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
This week’s Yard Dirt column is about my adventures starting seedlings for my veggie garden:
“This week’s lesson: It takes two hands to handle a seedling”
Here’s my messy kitchen counter during the planting process:
And here’s the baby right behind me being patient:
And then not so patient:
Posted in Landscape, Garden on Apr 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
It’s been a great week for yard work. I’ve miraculously been able to get outside in short bursts — thanks to my mom’s visit and a baby monitor with good range — and it’s been enough to make real progress.
My big project right now is tidying up the gardens in the front of my house. I’ve had a curl of plastic edging getting in the way in the garage since last spring. Yesterday I finally … continued »
Posted in Garden on Apr 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m off to an early start this year. I planted my shell peas and leaf lettuce last week in garden beds that were already prepared from last year. It was so much fun getting my hands dirty even before the last of the snow flies for the season.
I’ve also printed out a bunch of blank calendars and started planning the rest of the spring. I find these monthly calendars are much easier than a journal … continued »
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 rosemary plant. I posted on the blog in … continued »
Posted in Newspaper, Garden, Lawn 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:
The column is moving from Wednesdays to Sundays in the Eagle-Tribune. I’ll also be posting links on the blog.
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 media tour. It was entertaining, but strangely unnatural — almost like plant theater. … continued »
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 my lawn and garden, melt, and pile up again. At times my garden gnome was completely buried. Here is is … continued »
Posted in Garden on Oct 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Here’s an interesting local event, for anybody in the North of Boston area:
LONG HILL GARDEN WORKSHOP: PUTTING THE GARDEN TO BED
The Trustees of Reservations will conduct a garden workshop “Putting the Garden to Bed” at Long Hill in Beverly, Mass., on Saturday, Nov. 3. Come learn the latest techniques and secrets for winterizing your garden, including what to cut back and what not to cut. Different strategies for winter wind and cold protection will be … continued »
Posted in Garden on Oct 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
The flowers outside may be fading, but indoors I’ve got some spring-like flowers growing.
This is a crazy creeping rosemary plant that I bought from a garden center for my garden last summer. It got so big in the garden that on a whim I dug it up and dropped it in a pot to bring indoors for the winter. (Much later a garden expert told me that usually rosemary doesn’t … continued »
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