Rare, Just Yummy or Plain Unusual Garden Flowers for May May 29, 2012 PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM ‘DRAMA QUEEN’ LUSCIOUS PLUM AND VIOLET STREAKED BLOOMS FROM THIS TENDER POPPY THAT MUST BE SEEDED WHERE IT WILL DECIDE FORYOU WHERE… Continue Reading
Backyard Poultry, Iris and Harvesting Spinach May 27, 2012 THE GARDEN IS ABUNDANT AROUND MEMORIAL DAY – SIBERIAN IRIS’ STRUT THEIR STUFF IN THE PERENNIAL BORDER BUT CHORES START EARLY IN THE MORNING… Continue Reading
7 Things to Avoid when Preparing a Vegetable Garden May 24, 2012 THESE SNAP PEAS MIGHT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WITH SIX TO EIGHT HOURS OF SUNLIGHT IS FINE, BUT TEN TO TWELVE HOURS CAN ADD… Continue Reading
My Experiment -Pacific Coastal Annuals in New England May 20, 2012 NEMOPHILA MENZIESII ‘BABY BLUE EYES” IS A FAVORITE CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWER, SOMTIMES GROWN IN COOLER GARDENS IN THE HIGH ATLANTIC COASTAL GARDENS OF NOVA SCOTIA… Continue Reading
The Home Organic Vegetable Garden – Make It Personal May 18, 2012 CRISPY FRENCH RADISHES FOR BREAKFAST WITH SWEET, CREAM BUTTER. THE DELIGHTS OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN BECOME REDEFINED THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL… Continue Reading
Tree Peonies and New Itoh Hybrids May 18, 2012 The magnificence of the noble true tree peony – the aristocratic and woodier cousin of the herbaceous peony, is not a tree at all,… Continue Reading
Pride of Madiera, or at the least, the Pride of Worcester? May 15, 2012 THE FUZZY HAIRS WHICH COVER ECHIUM FASTUOSUM, CAPTURES THE SETTING SUNLIGHT ON A COOL, SPRING NIGHT. THIS COMMON CALIFORNIAN ROADSIDE PLANT, IS RARELY SEEN… Continue Reading
May Flowers, May Apples and May Treasures May 14, 2012 CYPRIPEDIUM ‘GESELA’, STILL YOUNG AND PALE, THIS NEW PLANT STILL PRODUCED A SINGLE BLOSSOM. IN A FEW YEARS, IF ALL GO’S WELL, THIS PLANT… Continue Reading
New Bee Hives, and the Nicest Day of the Year May 13, 2012 JOE WORKS ON SOME OF THE NEW HIVES THAT ARRIVED TODAY It usually starts like this: The phone rings at 6:00 am, and it’s… Continue Reading
Iris henryi and Iris cristata May 10, 2012 IRIS HENRYI, A CHINESE WOODLAND IRIS THAT IS SMALL, AND FLORIFEROUS This past weekend, a pot of Iris henryi, a rare woodland iris from… Continue Reading