Author Archives: Kate

The past two days has seen two big announcements in the garden world: The National Wildlife Federation is partnering with Scotts the lawn chemical giant; The USDA has published the 2012 Plant Hardiness map. The Scotts/NWF debacle is being defended by … Continue reading →

As against this video taken just 2 days ago.January 11th, 2012 So far winter has been rather mild and so far we have not had much in the way of snow. Bulbs are coming up and even the daylily has … Continue reading →

Dec 21st is the shortest day of the year, so after new year we start to get longer days. I tend to discount the time between 21st and 31st as I am busy anyway! I took a trip around the … Continue reading →

Now that the frosts and first flurries are here, the garden is pretty much finished for the year, so I am already thinking about next year and that will include irrigation of some sort. For the vegetable bed and most … Continue reading →

The seasonal plants that I tried to condition in October seem to be doing all right. The poinsettia did indeed turn red, albeit not quite as red as the commercial brands and the way that it produced the red ‘bracts’ … Continue reading →

Lemon Grass and Rosemary enjoying the morning sunlight With the weather, more specifically the nights, getting cooler I took advantage of a decent afternoon to uproot and pot up my tender perennial herbs. The only two I have to deal … Continue reading →

  Saturday was a great day for gardening after the morning chill had turned into sunshine. My intention was that I would do some final clear up of the veggie beds and trim perennials down, not to mention uproot any … Continue reading →

Each year the conifers shed older needles which is, for the most part, unnoticed. Some years though the appearance of old, brown needles is a surprise to people and they think that the tree is dying. This is what my conifers looked … Continue reading →