Plants I regret adding to my garden
Photo: Blooms long since spent, here’s a surviving (for now) patch of cranesbill geranium in my garden, with a hydrangea to the left and irises behind. Folks who aren’t gardeners might assume gardeners love all plants, like we are these saintly proponents of anything green and growing, with the exception, maybe, of weeds. But if…
FWIW: The Return of the Finches
A post about spring, house finches, and returning hope.
DIYDS: New Greenhouse, Who Dis?
Photo: Here is my greenhouse in the fall, before the winter came to kick its ass and mine. My wonderful husband surprised me last year with a greenhouse! I should say that owning a greenhouse is a dream for me. I’ve had the pop-up tent kind, with the shower-curtain-type plastic pulled over a frame, but…
5 in 5: Patrick Vernuccio
Interview with Patrick Vernuccio, known as “The Frenchie Gardener”
FWIW: Holiday Gifts for Gardeners
This is a Hori Hori knife by Grommet. They aren’t paying me to mention them, but if they want to, I’ll take their money. I’m posting this the weekend after Thanksgiving, when tons of folks are out shopping for the holidays. Tomorrow is “Cyber Monday.” So, it’s the perfect time for me to write about…
5 in 5: Phil Ross
Photo: Phil took a bare and bleak spot in his garden and turned it into this, bringing in colors and textures, plants of different heights, and a sequence that invites guests to keep exploring the view. I am grateful for Garden Twitter, and one of those lovely members is Phil Ross, so his is a…
WTF: Party in my shed, I guess?
Photo: This image is from earthsky(dot)org, but Falstaff is this fat and this smug, so it’s a good likeness. Our shed has been overtaken. The guests are uninvited; nonetheless, they won’t leave. We’ve tried to politely flicker the lights to signal the end of the party, to no effect. I’ll back up to explain that…
5 in 5: Jonathan Norman
For a new post series, I am conducting interviews with garden professionals. The idea is five questions with answers, that will take folks about five minutes to read. This one features Jonathan Norman, of Jonathan Norman Gardens (Twitter: @JonNormanDesign). Photo: This is one of Jonathan’s gorgeous creations, which looks as stunning as it does cozy.…
5 in 5: Alan Gardner
Photo: One of Alan’s beautiful and unique garden designs. For a new post series, I am conducting interviews with garden professionals. The idea is five questions with answers, that will take folks about five minutes to read. The first is with garden designer and all-around-creative Alan Gardner. (Twitter: @autisticgardner) Q: How did you get into…
FWIW: Fighting Leaf Spot on tomato and pepper plants
Photo: This picture was taken in September. You can see my tomato plants trying to fight off Septoria Leaf Spot (and maybe blight?) and not quite succeeding. What’s the saying? Death, taxes, and tomato diseases come for us all? Something like that. Or maybe Hell hath no fury like tomato diseases? Whatever. My friends know…
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