Sure, I’m a fan of water in the garden. Right now, after five weeks of essentially no rain, I’m a really BIG fan of water in the garden. Especially if it would come in the form of a gentle, soaking rain. Maybe 2 or 3 inches, over the course of two or three days.[...]
Yep, the topic of trellises and screens certainly didn’t strike the same chord as last month’s garden whimsy. But that’s okay: We still have a fair number of posts for this month’s Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop, so the info will be here if any of you decide in future that you need to block an[...]
When I sat down to write a post in response to Nan’s Garden Design Workshop this month, I thought I had a plethora of information to discuss on the construction and placement of arbors in my garden. But somewhere, a voice inside of me recalled that I already had written a post on this subject.[...]
I’ve always been great at dreaming up and starting new garden projects. But I haven’t been as successful finishing them. I work in fits and starts. Take the aviary above, for example. I started it this spring; it’s still not done. And to make matters worse, at least in the short term, I always have several[...]
After several years of not being able to put much of anything into a permanent home, I’ve spent this season madly digging new beds and filling them with as many plants as possible. All this planting has been as much a welcome relief for this garden-starved gardener as it has been for the plants that[...]