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Cold Climate Gardening 11 Years Later–What’s Next? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Eleven years of garden blogging! Eleven years ago today I wrote my first blog post. Eleven years in web time is a looong time. A lot of things have changed. When I first started writing, digital came...
Visiting Quebec City 20 Aug 2013 | 07:30 am
Visiting Les Jardins de Chaudiere-Bassin in Quebec. Photo by Niki Jabbour For the past several days I’ve been visiting gardens in and around Quebec City in Canada as part of the Garden Writers Associ...
Local Daylilies: Visit A Grower Near You 10 Aug 2013 | 04:55 am
Daylilies are easy to take for granted. I see them in catalogs all the time, and think, “Oh, that looks nice.” But then I look at the price, add in shipping, and decide, “Nah, not this time.” So my co...
Bogs Rue Garden Shoe: Things I Love 6 Aug 2013 | 04:03 am
A couple of months ago, I was asked if I would like to review a pair of Bogs’ garden shoes. Frankly, I wasn’t sure. I don’t rue the day I received a pair of Bogs’ Rue garden shoes. They are fun and p...
Backyard Bouquet #6 29 Jul 2013 | 11:54 pm
Clockwise, starting at bottom: inula sp., spirea, daisy, seed bract, yarrow, catmint, daisy fleabane, hosta flower, butterfly weed, nodding onion, and tall border phlox in the middle. Here’s my bouqu...
Stone Puzzle: The Front Walk Emerges 28 Jul 2013 | 04:12 pm
The path project, on hold for weeks, finally took a step forward this past weekend. The split blue stone from the quarry arrived last week, three large pallets worth. The stone came in a variety of th...
Don’t Pick Wild Parsnip: Wildflower Wednesday 24 Jul 2013 | 04:16 pm
This is one plant you don’t want to pick–unless you like blisters. Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) lines the ditches of the rural roads I walk and drive on. Its yellow umbels reach peak bloom around ...
Backyard Bouquet #5 24 Jul 2013 | 08:02 am
Something old, something new, something wild, something weird For this week’s backyard bouquet I kept it simple. No more one-of-everything-in-the-garden. I just went with what I had a lot of. The wh...
Backyard Bouquet Tips From Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers 21 Jul 2013 | 07:32 am
Simple. A small nosegay created by a child, neither elaborate or expensive, can still brighten a grownup’s day. Flower arranging, I’ve discovered, is one of those things that can be as simple or as c...
A Few Of My Favorite Things: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day July 2013 17 Jul 2013 | 07:33 am
There are lots of blooming plants in my garden, so I decided to focus on a few favorites. This daylily was planted by the former owner. Any guesses as to its name? I love the vivid colors in this da...
