my garden chores for april 2014
THOUGH ‘FRANTIC’ IS PROBABLY the more accurate adjective to describe me right now, adopting a “strategic” attitude would get me [read more…] The post my garden chores for april 2014 appeared first on...
View Articleit’s the little things: photographic progress report on spring
I KEEP WANTING TO GRIPE: Spring is “so late,” and the weather “isn’t cooperating,” I say, as if it’s all [read more…] The post it’s the little things: photographic progress report on spring appeared...
View Articlehot topics of conversation from my may 10 open garden day
WHAT EDGING MACHINE do you use? one visitor asked, and as my physical therapist will confirm, that would mostly be [read more…] The post hot topics of conversation from my may 10 open garden day...
View Articlesnags, or wildlife trees: cultivate, don’t cart away, dead, dying, and hazard...
SNAG. Not as in my pantyhose, which I haven’t worn since departing the corporate world seven years back for an [read more…] The post snags, or wildlife trees: cultivate, don’t cart away, dead, dying,...
View Articlea plant i’d order: pulmonaria rubra
SPRING, ALL PRETTY IN PASTELS, DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH RED FOR ME, I suppose, which is why I like the red [read more…] The post a plant i’d order: pulmonaria rubra appeared first on A Way To Garden.
View Articlea plant i’d order: darmera peltata, a shady western native
SOON DARMERA PELTATA will send up its big green umbrella-like leaves, but on recent April days when I needed a [read more…] The post a plant i’d order: darmera peltata, a shady western native appeared...
View Articleself-sowns and overgrowns: use-what-you’ve-got gardening
I KEEP SAYING: Eliminate the polka-dot look of onesies by repeating the best plants. Happily that doesn’t always mean big [read more…] The post self-sowns and overgrowns: use-what-you’ve-got gardening...
View Articleapril garden chores
WE ARE NOT POWERLESS over April–even though in most areas, it’s a contender for the busiest month of the garden [read more…] The post april garden chores appeared first on A Way To Garden.
View Articlepsychedelic garden: my first adventure with deciduous azaleas
I’M BLAMING MARCO. (As you’ve perhaps noticed, I’m always blaming someone.) I’ve just planted what promises to be a psychedelic [read more…] The post psychedelic garden: my first adventure with...
View Articlegiveaway: ‘the new shade garden,’ with ken druse
‘THE GARDEN of the future will be a shade garden,” proclaims author and photographer Ken Druse in his latest book, [read more…] The post giveaway: ‘the new shade garden,’ with ken druse appeared first...
View Articledecember 2015’s extra-early bloomers
THE FIRST DOSE of winter 2015-16 arrived overnight on December 28. It layered an inch of sleety snow onto plants [read more…] The post december 2015’s extra-early bloomers appeared first on A Way To...
View Articlethe march garden chores
I’M LIKE THE KID in the backseat on the way to the amusement park, with my one incessant question: “Are [read more…] The post the march garden chores appeared first on A Way To Garden.
View Articlebirdnote duet: what early birds are you hearing so far?
THE ‘SONG’ my bird-mad friend Ellen and I are “singing” via email across a continent this early spring is, “Do [read more…] The post birdnote duet: what early birds are you hearing so far? appeared...
View Articlerecap: 10 thoughts on successful underplanting
A COUPLE OF YOU COMMENTED when I posted a spring “walk in the garden” story years back, asking for help [read more…] The post recap: 10 thoughts on successful underplanting appeared first on A Way To...
View Articlethe april garden chores
OOPS! I LOST my longtime garden helper; she’s moved on unexpectedly. But even without my familiar support system in place, [read more…] The post the april garden chores appeared first on A Way To Garden.
View Articledeer-resistant plants, with broken arrow’s adam wheeler
GARDEN VISITORS ask me all the time, pointing to this or that: “Is it deer proof?” Well, truth be told, [read more…] The post deer-resistant plants, with broken arrow’s adam wheeler appeared first on A...
View Articlethe march garden chores
I’M LIKE THE KID in the backseat on the way to the amusement park, with my one incessant question: “Are [read more…] The post the march garden chores appeared first on A Way To Garden.
View Articlegrowing epimediums in the shade garden, with karen perkins
I WILL CONFESS right off, I love epimediums, but apparently not as much as Karen Perkins, who boasts the largest [read more…] The post growing epimediums in the shade garden, with karen perkins...
View Articletips for planting under trees; using ‘pea brush’ and more: q&a with ken druse
THANKS TO YOUR BOUNTIFUL supply of Urgent Garden Questions, my friend Ken Druse and I are being kept busy. In [read more…] The post tips for planting under trees; using ‘pea brush’ and more: q&a...
View Articlethe april garden chores
I’M STICKING to what I say each year at this time: We are not powerless over April–even though in most [read more…] The post the april garden chores appeared first on A Way To Garden.
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