17th May '08Today's Top Blog Posts on Gardening
1. The Jungle Attack Plan
Alice wrote:Rotovators are a NIGHTMARE! They chop all the soil up so it LOOKS fluffy, which doesn’t actually serve any purpose. Then all the weed seeds that have been brought up by the digging start to sprout, and all…
2. ‘Spensive
One seriously good plant The photo above is Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost.’ It grows in the ghetto of my garden, in the soul-crippling alley between two Victorian houses built snugly close by siblings. A touching…
3. Coping With Loss
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It happens every year. Spring rolls around and as the garden begins to awaken, I anxiously make the rounds to see what has survived whatever kind of winter we’ve had. Some things burst out of their winter coats like…
4. Can You Spell Maianthemum?
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I finally learned how to pronounce smilacina right, and now it’s gone; the whole genus has been been moved lock, stock, and barrel, to the genus maianthemum. This is Maianthemum japonicum; it is the Asian version of our…
5. A Girl’s First Power Tool
I never once went “vroom vroom” as a kid. I hate mechanical noise, think the internal combustion engine is the worst thing that’s ever happened on the planet, and believe power tools make a culture soft and allow Asian…
6. In the middle of the night
I learned several important things tonight.First of all, I learned that if you try to take photos of Hosta at 10:00 p.m. in the dark with only a flood light shining, every moth in the neighborhood will dive bomb your…
7. Strawberries: One for me, one for you
I wasn’t kidding when I said we’d have our first pick of strawberries today. Here they are in all their glory — the first two fruits from our new garden.There are just two so far: one for Michael, one for me. It’s only…
8. Welcome Home, Baby Girl!
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Elizabeth Anne VanderlindenMay 5, 20089 lbs, 1 oz., 21 inchesElizabeth is here! It seems like I waited forever for her, and the wait was more than worth it. She is gorgeous, and sweet, and everything I could have wished…
9. Here's looking at you…
On Tuesday I saw this Hosta when I was leaving the home of one of our garden club members. It struck me as such a odd sight, I was thrilled that I had my camera in my bag.In my own garden I have been noticing Hosta that…
10. Welcome Home, Baby Girl!
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Elizabeth Anne VanderlindenMay 5, 20089 lbs, 1 oz., 21 inchesElizabeth is here! It seems like I waited forever for her, and the wait was more than worth it. She is gorgeous, and sweet, and everything I could have wished…
11. The Great Dragon’s Tongue Experiment
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Earlier this spring I took the plunge and joined an organization called Seeds of Diversity. Seeds of Diversity is Canada’s answer to the growing need for preservation of heritage varieties of annual and perennial…
12. Sun River
The Sun River Daisy, one of the hanging basket plants awaiting a hanging basket has flowered in the greenhouse. Its a lilac coloured one with green and yellow centre.I have a lot of plants growing on ready for…
13. Recent acquisition - Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
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We went to the annual Master Gardener’s sale last weekend and bought a few more plants - as if we needed them. I spotted some Thalictrums for sale so we bought 4 for a very shaded area next to some bald cypresses and my…
14. How it grows on May 7, 2008
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In the garden today, my garlic and onions are about knee high, the radishes are plumping up, and we should have our first taste of this season’s crop of strawberries on or about. tomorrow! My mouth waters at the mere t…
15. Having Discovered a Thirteenth…
Right. So. Yet another reason why I can not grow edibles in the Guerilla / Street Garden.The other night we stepped outside for a walk to discover a giant patch of bright blue paint slapped onto the raw brick wall of…
