Boy do I have a lot of great stuff here! A wide variety of healthy divisions, some annuals, herbs, perennials, hosta, even a couple of trees that volunteered to grow to a nice size in my yard (an oak and a black cherry plus a fragrant white lilac start). Plus there’s lots of nifty hand […]
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Spring is a busy time of year, and like everyone else, I seem to be running in several different directions at once. It was tough to find a single topic for this months article so I think I’ll just ramble! Remember that Garlic Mustard Cookbook? (From Pest to Pesto- a Culinary Guide- see the post […]
Read MoreJust found this video on you tube and I just love it! the song is sung by the artist, and I’m sure every gardener will appreciate it!
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Creativity is such a part of my life that it really can’t be separated out- as a professional Mural Artist painting and artwork surely are my means of making a living, but for sheer joy of creative expression for it’s own sake, I choose gardening and garden design. I love finding new plants, new colors, […]
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I belong to an artist’s message board that chooses a weekly topic for members to post on their blogs about. This week’s word is Expectations, and I think that is a great word for how I feel about Spring.Last week I cleared off my shelves and started up the grow lights in preparation for starting […]
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Spring is here finally, or will be soon as I write this in early March. This year it won’t be quite the same for me, nor for a lot of other west side gardeners. This year we have lost one of our better sources for gardening supplies, outstanding variety in plant material and a champion […]
Read MoreCheck it out! One of my Garden Photos is in the local paper: Click here to see the article How exciting is that? The article is about the series of Beginning Gardening classes the Master Gardeners have scheduled for this season- I hope they are a great success!Ellen Leigh
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It’s February as I write this, there’s been a severe cold snap this week, and the groundhog has seen his shadow- I’m not sure exactly what that means, but it does signify the halfway point to winter! From here on out, spring is edging closer and closer, and soon those flowers planted as bulbs last […]
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As some of you may know, I am a pet owner. Two geriatric cats, two Shetland Sheepdogs, and four goldfish. One of the cats, and both dogs are frequently found out in the garden with me whenever I go out there, and actually spend much more time out there than I do, so I do […]
Read MoreDecember is almost here! The last of the leaves have fallen, and hopefully have been composted or ground up into mulch to snuggle the garden in for the winter. I took a new tack this year with the sycamore leaves in the front yard. It seems that every year no matter how well I clean […]
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At our September meeting I aquired something I had been wanting for some time- Paw paw trees! Now I need to find a good place for them. Right now they are just seedlings and can be stashed somewhere I can keep an eye on them for a couple of years as they grow bigger. Paw […]
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I’ve been out all during September collecting seeds for those annuals I like to start in the house next spring, and this year I’m trying to separate out one particular color of Impatiens that I like very much. It’s a completely unique combination of red, coral and a nifty spatter pattern of white thrown in. […]
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