I am thinking Mums and ornamental cabbage again, the garden is showing that the end of the season is close upon us. I don’t know where the summer has gone…isn’t that the way each year? It just seems to end before we are ready. On a personal note, my son and husband both had hospital [...]
Today I was enjoying an email newsletter that comes into my inbox each month from the Farmer’s Almanac…you must visit their site if you haven’t, though I doubt many of you who love gardening are unaware of the publication and site. I was intrigued by a bit of lore shared in the newsletter, stating something [...]
Over the past couple of years, our town has formed a sustainable gardening group, and have taken a plot of unused land in our Township, and turned it into something useful and beautiful. There is also a beautiful “island” of flowers in the middle of the traffic light interchange in the middle of our town [...]
The nights are getting cooler, and the days shorter. There is a touch of color on some of the trees, just a hint, making the tops look like paint brushes of orange and red. I went out and purchased some plants today in preparation for the fall season…a few huge, beautiful Mums and a few [...]
It’s late summer now, and the children in the neighborhood are back in school. Mine are grown now, so it is always a surprise when fall seems to arrive so quickly. What does fall mean to the gardener? It can mean an end to gardening, or it can be a beginning! I enjoyed the following [...]
