For a few years in the 1980s, I lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Spring is long and glorious around the Capitol city, so visitors and residents enjoy two months or more of spring blossoming trees, including magnolias, cherries, dogwoods, crabapples, quince, and many others. The spring blossoming tree season here is much more compressed, which makes it more startling…
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A Sea of Geraniums and Other Sights at Donahue’s
This weekend is one of the biggest plant shopping weekends of the year and the folks at Donahue’s in Faribault are certainly ready for it. I visited Donahue’s earlier this week for a behind the scenes tour with Mary McIntyre Donahue, one of seven (or is it eight?) Donahue relatives currently involved in the massive greenhouse and clematis operation, about…
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Seed Starting: Things Are Looking Good!
While I have started vegetables and flowers indoors from seeds in the past, my results have been spotty at best. Damping off, drying up, keeling over for no apparent reason — that’s the story of seed starting for me. This year, I changed several aspects of my approach and have been pleased — OK, bursting with pride — with the…
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Another Bulb in Bloom
These sweet little Iris reticulata are the second bulb to bloom in my yard this year. They surprised me a couple of days ago because — as has happened before — I forgot I planted them. Like the squill that are also blooming, the plants are small (the iris flowers are disproportionately large) and you have to be standing close…
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A Beautiful Easter and a New Raised Bed
What a nice day it was on Easter! The weather was near perfect as we attended Mass, had a nice dinner with the girls, went for a walk in the Carleton Arboretum — and, oh yes, in between those activities, I built a new raised bed for my vegetable garden. I mention all the other things I did Sunday to…
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