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Monthly Archives: October 2009
First Bloom, Last Bloom
Among annuals, pansies bloom earlier than almost anything else — and given a chance, they’ll bloom later, too. Witness this poor flower, one of several blooming in a low pot on our back deck. I haven’t watered the pot in … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Flowers
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Adding Layers to the Lasagna Garden
Last spring, I added a new raised bed to my vegetable area and filled it using the lasagna method. Despite not having a winter to percolate and meditate and otherwise breakdown, the soil in the garden was humus-rich and fertile. … Continue reading
Posted in Compost, Fruits and Vegetables
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Hedging
A second part of our recent spruce-up was the removal of some old alpine currant shrubs that were dying. The shrubs formed a hedge around an area below our back deck, an area that I use mostly for storage of … Continue reading
Posted in Landscaping, Shrubs
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A Place to Sit
We recently ripped out the foundation plantings around the front of our house and replaced them with a tiered area with a 8-foot circular brick patio surrounded by shrubs, grasses, and small trees. This is an idea that had been … Continue reading
Posted in Landscaping
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Will My Plants Survive?
With a couple of inches of snow falling and temperatures consistently under 35 the past few days, I’ve been contemplating this question. All of my established perennials, trees and shrubs will shrug off this little blast of Arctic air as … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Fall Gardening, Landscaping
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It's Too Early for This!
When I took the dog out this morning, we were greeted with this: a dusting of snow and temperatures in the 20s. Isn’t it a little early for winter? I still have bulbs to plant, for crying outloud! It will … Continue reading
Posted in Seasons
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