After a lot of talking about planting window boxes, the weather finally (if briefly) improved enough to actually do it. This year I aimed for a slightly more restrained color palette (blue/purple, lime green and… [Continue Reading]
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO WINDOW BOX DESIGN
Designing containers is one of my favorite parts of gardening. There are so many options and there’s so much less commitment than designing a garden: You get to redo it every year. Pretty much everyone… [Continue Reading]
HOLIDAY CHEER FOR OUTSIDE
My favorite holiday decorations are the ones I do outside. It’s partly because they brighten up what is otherwise a pretty dreary landscape, but also because the decorations outside, particularly the containers, provide the most… [Continue Reading]
GATHERING THE SUPPLIES
We got our first real snowfall (a few inches) last night which makes it a little harder to ignore the freight train that is Christmas. Let me start by saying I really hate that Thanksgiving… [Continue Reading]
A LAST CHECK ON THE SUMMER’S CONTAINERS
I find it interesting to follow the progress of container plantings throughout the summer. I only plant each container once because our odd seasons here don’t really allow me to get much time out of… [Continue Reading]
CHECKING IN ON THIS SUMMER’S CONTAINERS
Somewhere along the line it became August. I have no idea how that happened and I’m none too happy about it, but that means I better check in with the containers like I promised I… [Continue Reading]
A YEAR OF CONTAINERS
I’ve finally finished planting all of my containers for this year. The weather since they’ve been in has not been great so they are not filling in as quickly as one would hope, but they’ll… [Continue Reading]
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