Most winters, I make it until at least January before I start ordering plants for a gardening summer that might as well be a light year away, but this year I got a head start…. [Continue Reading]
Espalier everywhere
I admit I’m an espalier novice. When I first saw an espalier tree (I’m guessing on “Gardener’s World” or in a British gardening magazine), I thought I had stumbled upon some great European secret. Silly… [Continue Reading]
Trees: Those I have lost and those that will lead the way
We’re coming up on 17 years in this house. How that happened I have no idea, but one mark of the passage of time here has been the coming and going of trees. For many… [Continue Reading]
A changing, and challenged, landscape
We’ve been enjoying a particularly beautiful fall here. Beautiful not in terms of weather, as gray days have far outnumbered those crisp, sunny fall days with royal blue skies, but the trees have put an… [Continue Reading]
Here comes the sun, but how much is there?
I’ve learned a lot about gardening through the years. Looking back at some of the things I did when I started gardening at this house I see where I might do things differently now. (I… [Continue Reading]
A SERIOUS YARD TOOL THAT ANYONE CAN USE
It is a big time of year for yard work. Those of us in the north know that any day could be our last opportunity to clean up the yard before snow and ice descend…. [Continue Reading]
A FEW NEW TREES
Don’t forget this is the week of all my favorite giveaways. Click here to for the soil knife giveaway and here for the Perfect Garden Hose. …………………………………………………….. I garden in cycles. Every couple years, I… [Continue Reading]
