Sometimes you just want your questions answered in a short and sweet format. No scrolling through long lines of copy outlining instructions or information that while you may benefit from it later, doesnt pertain to your pressing search at the moment. “Shorts”, this is that format. Can I Plant Bushes in the Month of August? […]
September
What To Do Now: September
No it isn’t a “Honey-do” list, but just some reminders before the season gets away from you! As it often does for me…. This is a great month for planting things- the still warm weather means that plants can get settled in, and the autumn rains are coming which should give everything good rooting conditions. […]
September Poems
Something of what we see daily here has been caught in a poem. Septemberby Helen Hunt Jackson The golden-rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. The gentian’s bluest fringes Are curling in the sun; In dusty pods the milkweed Its hidden silk has spun. […]
State of the Garden September
Didn’t I just give you all an update? Well, I walked you through, but there are other elements to what is happening here. Like trimming and pruning old big trees. I didn’t tell you about that, did I? Coming to this garden most of the great old trees were gone. This area is known for […]
September’s Garden Tips
This is just to record the garden tips from my sidebar, which otherwise will disappear when I replace the info with timely seasonal hints. “September is the best time to transplant established peonies. Begin by cutting the peony stems near ground level. Then carefully dig around and under each plant. Try to retain as much […]
Hot and Hazy
Well, as I said to my friends at Curves, when they remarked on the heat:” Now, we get our summer”. Not that I am complaining about the gorgeous weather we had for most of this past summer- not at all! It was hazy… the soybean fields turn marigold colors of burnt orange and gold, the […]
