Summer Japanese Flower Festivals at Home – The Asagao, and Chinese Lanterns Re-Imagined August 31, 2012 MY JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES, OR ASAGAO, ARE RAISED FROM SEED WHICH I BROUGHT BACK FROM A TRIP TO JAPAN A FEW YEARS AGO. This… Continue Reading
Growing…. with Dogs? Breeding here means more than just plants August 31, 2012 LYDIA, AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY NATIONAL TERRIER SHOW LAST OCTOBER – TODAY – SHE BECAME PREGNANT. It’s not my thing, it’s Joe’s, but over… Continue Reading
Fall Bulbs in Pots – Three Amaryllis Sisters Bloom August 31, 2012 NERINE MASONORUM, A TINY, EVERGREEN NERINE WITH SLENDER, GRASS-LIKE FOLIAGE, AND THUMBNAIL SIZED FLOWER HEADS THAT BLOOM PROFFUSELY IN THE LATE SUMMER IN POTS… Continue Reading
Designing a Bulb Garden? What if Mary Blair Helped? August 30, 2012 A WILD BLEND OF EVERY SPRING COLOR AVAILABLE SEEMED TO WORK FOR ME, AS THESE DISPLAYS PROVED AT THE SMITH COLLEGE SPRING BULB SHOW… Continue Reading
Hints of Fall – Asian Pears, Turkeys and Winter Squash August 26, 2012 ‘KOREAN LARGE’ ASIAN PEARS, READY TO PICK. NOW, IF ONLY I HAD THE LITTLE STYROFOAM NETTING IT’S AMAZING HOW FAST TURKEYS GROW. THESE HEIRLOOM… Continue Reading
Best Giveaway Ever! – Win a New Troy-Bilt Cultivator August 21, 2012 LYDIA WATCHES ME ( UNDER MY WATCHFUL EYE!) CULTIVATE ONE OF THE RAISED BEDS WHERE THE SWEET PEAS WERE GROWING, AS I TURN-IN A… Continue Reading
Curating Vintage Palettes – Containers Inspired by 1940’s tablecloths August 20, 2012 MUSSAENDA HYBRID ‘DOUBLE RED’ LOOKS VIRTUALLY HORRIFYING WITH THESE RED VELVET-LIKE BRACTS AND PINK FLOWERS, BUT IN SOME OF MY CRAZY COMBO’S, IT ADDS… Continue Reading
My Convincing Argument – Grafted Tomatoes Prove That Their Worth It August 20, 2012 MASSIVE FLOWER TRUSSES ON A GRAFTED SWEET 100 TOMATO PLANT – 7 FEET TALL, AND NO SIGN OF FALL BLIGHT – ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I… Continue Reading
Home Back East to Rain, Chores and, oh yeah – Crab Grass August 18, 2012 Morning glories planting on the back porch, are starting to cover the windows. What’s up with the crab grass this year? Sometimes I think… Continue Reading
Curate an Art Collection in Your Home Garden August 17, 2012 In Dan Johnson’s Denver garden, art work is everywhere – surprising, unconventional and always unique. I promise – really my last post from Denver… Continue Reading