I spent part of the weekend officially putting the last of the garden to bed for the winter. The new or sensitive plants have been caged and covered with shredded leaves, some of the perennials have been cut down (the others will be cleaned up in spring) and the spring bulbs have all been planted. Since it’s officially the end ...
I’m working on so many projects right now that sometimes I can’t remember which one is which, but I took a bit of time off this weekend to help Mr. Much More Patient with some leaf removal. It’s the least I can do seeing as how I have a very specific way in which I like the leaves to be ...
It’s been a wild and windy autumn here and as I write this we’re on Day 2 of a northeaster cranking down Lake Michigan and showing all signs of blowing whatever color might be left on the trees onto the ground. So I thought it would be a good time to just take a quick look at some fall color ...
When planting the new gardens in the back yard I treated myself to three unusual and special plants, all from Klehm’s Song Sparrow Nursery, one of my favorite online nurseries. The plant that, I will be honest, I picked just because there was no difference in the price for shipping three plants or two plants so I figured I might ...
Before I get into today’s post, I just wanted to say thank you to you all. The ideas you’ve been sharing on the office plan have been amazing and really inspiring. I can’t wait to incorporate many of them into the office. Since it is the first official day of autumn (groan), I thought it would be appropriate to talk ...
One of the new plants in the garden this year that has really thrilled me is heucherella ‘Redstone Falls.’ I got three of these through the Yahoo Co-op as plugs and they are all over a foot wide now. The coloring in their part-sun location is a gorgeous combination of terra-cotta, orange, yellow, green and a hint of red. ...
A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I had finally put the potentillia that I never really liked in the first place out of its misery. Well, my misery really, because it wasn’t doing too badly, I just couldn’t stand it in the garden anymore. There is one other plant that has underperformed since we bought the house. A Rose ...
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