Last weekend I went to the Southeastern Flower Show in Atlanta – I even joined the Southeastern Horticultural Society after meaning to for several months!
The show was a great place to meet great landscape designers and innovative products. I hope that some will come onto the radio with me over the next few months.
Here are [...]
Well today is the real test of whether I can hold down two radio shows. The first show, at 10 this morning, is the Master Gardener Hour and my guest is a local landscaper. Unfortunately, she had a few problems, and will be phoning in rather than coming into the station. Then I get an [...]
Last year at the end of spring, I purchased a little Flower House. It didn’t get much use last year, but stored easily and compactly. This year I have already assembled it, and placed it on a small piece of land just outside the back door area. Here it gets some sun in the morning, [...]
Yes indeed, it is officially March and that means Spring! Outside is looking like spring too with daffodils in bloom everywhere, the trees are slowly putting out blossom and the forecast is …….. SNOW???????? Apparently the rain from yesterday has turned to drizzle this morning and is going to degenerate into snow by this afternoon. I am [...]
Well the show is going ahead and previews tomorrow at noon for one hour. If you are interested in listening, go to www.radiosandysprings.com.
Tomorrow we are going to wing it, and just chat about the show, what we are planning and how we are organizing this, but we will have input from Chef Brian Whitcomb (of [...]
Usually the seed and plant catalogues arrive in the mailbox sometime between Christmas and New Year. A few years ago they started arriving even before Christmas. This year it is different though – only two catalogues have arrived!
One is quite delightful though, it is the new version of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds : http://www.rareseeds.com. This [...]
Oh boy did it get cold last night, and the forecast is for even colder tonight. It is not as if I didn’t know a frost was going to arrive at some stage, but being a gardener I was in denial throughout October. The result of course it that the remaining plants had to be rushed [...]
Finally October is over and I can get back to some sort of routine for more than a day or two! In the past 5 weeks I have been to one 5 day conference, two 2 day conferences and organized one single day garden event.
By attending these events I have been inspired by people, made [...]
The plant swap and event went well yesterday. Not as many people as I would like, but enough to be friendly, and I met a bunch of new people too.
I picked up a white ginger from the swap, plus some Egyptian Walking Onions and a dianthus (pinks/carnations). The ginger will get to about three or [...]
A few months back I was asked to do an article about compost. That was fine until it came to a photograph. Who takes photographs of compost heaps? Well this past week or two I have come across two compost heaps that are out there and in full view, and looking good.
The first one, above, [...]