Ames True Temper Re-Announces Recall of Wheelbarrows In the interest of consumer safety, I was asked ( in an email) to post this url. I think a Sunday is a good day to do a good turn. Info from the company will further help you to know whether your whellbarrow might cause you problems. Wheelbarrows […]
Armchair Gardening
Immigration Policies, Horticulturally Speaking
I recently read that there is an oak blight newly introduced to the East Coast in addition to the ash tree crisis of the Emerald borer. This is an oak wilt that is caused by a fungus under the bark. It grows until suddenly the entire tree is killed. At least that is the gist […]
growing old in the garden
When I was first gardening in my early twenties, I read some garden books that shaped my experience. The author that most fascinated me and influenced was probably Helen Van Pelt Wilson. I read most all her books on the subject of gardening, and one of them dealt with the reduced scope of gardening as […]
Garden Planning in February
My garden is in the throes of February. It thaws, it freezes, it is ice, it is puddles, it is whatever February wants to be! I am hesitant to start seeds because I have so many irons in the fire at this time; yet I know I will be sorry if I don’t. Maybe if […]
A Little Blurb
Karen Platt Received an email from this lady, and her books look tempting. Anyone who wishes to build black/purple or golden foliaged plants into their garden vocabulary might take a look for her books. I am curious , myself. For those in Seattle, she says she has a book signing: “I am at the Seattle […]
Gardener In Winter
Been awhile. I have spent most of my time inside, since the temperatures plunged and there is either snow or freezing rain. There was a day with freezing fog, that is always pretty as it laces all the twigs and bushes with a frosted sugar coating. I have one catalog so far, the Bluestone one. […]
