Archive for October, 2011

28 Oct

With an October Nor’easter in the weather predictions for the northeast so early in the season, it is as good an excuse as any to be thinking about the tropics….tropical gardens that grow almost year round in some places, and provide some of the most delicious fruit that can be found. Even though I can’t [...]

28 Oct

My husband and I took a road trip well in Pennsylvania a few days ago, and have a feeling we’re going to be driving home to New Jersey in what they are calling a northeaster or Nor’easter.   The weather has had it’s extremes since spring throughout many parts of the country, and even the world, [...]

16 Oct

I have not dug up my bulbs at the end of the summer for years because all of them are coming up fine each year, just where I’d like them to.  But one of these years I’m going to want to redo my bulb garden.  I understand after many years in the garden, they gradually [...]

15 Oct

Years ago my husband gave me an artificial orchid that looks amazingly real, and this week, he has given me the real thing.  It is an interesting and beautiful plant…a little awkward with it’s pretty pink flowers at the top of a stalk that needs a bit of support and the broad green leaves at [...]