A Gardener’s Reading, 28 of 30. By Beth O’Donnell Young (Timber Press, 2011) Beth O’Donnell Young A couple of years ago, I started to notice more and more gardens that seemed to be built around wildlife. Maybe this is a trend; maybe I just opened my eyes, but it seemed that more people were concerned with providing the water, food,…
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A Gardener’s Reading, 27 of 30 By Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry (Storey Publishing, 2011) I just received this book, so this is really more of a first impression than a full-fledged review, but I am eager to get into this manual on growing fruits, which was originally published in 1992 as Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden. Except…
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A Gardener’s Reading, 26 of 30 By Katherine Whiteside (Clarkson Potter, 2007) I first read The Way We Garden Now when it came out in 2007, and almost immediately did one of the 41 projects in the book to create a new garden in my front yard. Looking it over again to do this review, I found two other projects…
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Maybe it was because I’m at the end of a moderately miserable cold, but I really wanted to visit the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park this week. Luckily, I had two meetings in the Twin Cities today, with a nice spot of time between them to go soak up the warm, humid air of the Como conservatory. Even though…
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A sliver of Minnesota is officially in USDA Zone 5, according to the new Minnesota hardiness zone map released today by the USDA, the first update to the map since 1990. Beyond that corner of Jackson and Martin Counties going officially zone 5 (a place where the lowest winter temperatures don’t sink below -20 degrees F — like say, Chicago),…
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