Michele's rant about landscapes in her home town prompted me to take a closer look at the photo I took recently of the house I lived in for my first 15 years. It sits in a 20-home development in Bon Air, Virginia, a small town not far from Richmond. And when I look at this [...]
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Body: Posted by Bert CreggLots of coverage in the mainstream media these days over various initiatives to label GMO foods. I think GMO foods shoul. […]
Body: posted by Holly Scoggins Mosses are soft, green, and tough as nails, as shown in a recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of. […]
Things have been rough at work lately. Test scores have plummetted, students are troubled, many teachers are talking mutiny or early retirement. . […]
I'm here in New Jersey with my family for Thanksgiving. I'm grateful for the family part. New Jersey, less so. I've been unhappy with the state of yard-dom in the Garden State since I was five. If I were queen, I'd be beneficent. I wouldn't ban red mulch or...
Read more in: Armitage Rants, Real GardensHolly and Daniel, dedicated tree volunteers. What more incredible leap of faith could you ask for than to plant a tree? This is what I am wondering after a weekend when I helped plant 20-plus trees along the streets of my Buffalo neighborhood, as part of a region-wide effort to...
Read more in: Real Gardens, Shut Up and DigAnd for the first time in years. Thanks to early frosts, the Norway maple leaves on the front hellstrip, which normally I loathe even more at this time of year because of their reluctance to change color or drop, have obligingly turned rusty and fallen off, so we can...
Read more in: It's the Plants, Darling, Real GardensNOT just a Photo-Op Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon will have you know her veg garden was in the works long before Michelle Obama's garden was announced – no copying! And oh, by the way, it's 2,200 square feet, twice as large as the White House garden (but who's counting?) ...
Read more in: Eat This, Real GardensTony's the mad genius behind Plant Delights.
Read more in: Real GardensThere was food, art, and wonderful energy at the Girard Street Children's Garden on a recent sunny Sunday for their "Eat-In" (co-sponsored by Slow Food DC). It was a celebration of the garden and the kids and community groups who make it happen, under the inspired direction of...
Read more in: Real GardensPeter Hoh sent me a story (no longer online) that started with the line: "If lawns had legs they would be running scared." Okay, I'll bite. And ya gotta love this – companies in Minnesota replacing some of their lawn with "giving gardens," with produce donated to the needy. ...
Read more in: Real GardensYou’ve seen them on their trips to the White House – to the garden and even the kitchen – the lucky 5th graders at Bancroft Elementary School in D.C. The First Lady’s also dropped by the school to catch up with her favorite gardeners, and plant some cucumbers in...
Read more in: Real Gardens, Unusually Clever PeopleA great garden in the nation's capital you'll probably never see – even if you live here – is in front of the EPA's headquarters, just across the street from the Smithsonian. Strewn gloriously along Constitution Avenue are four rain gardens, designated by a nice sign telling you all...
Read more in: Real GardensBut still somehow newsworthy. Little bit of lead never hurt anybody, right? Whatever's in the soil, that garden is looking pretty durn good.
Read more in: Real Gardens*Vining Edibles used architecturally for edible shade growing up columns: Chayote squash, Chinese red long beans, grapes, hops, Persian cucumbers, Crenshaw melons.Heirloom tomatoes: 10 different kinds Focal Point edible plants:"Purple Romanga" artichokes, "Rosa Bianca" white eggplants, "Shishito" Japanese peppers, Jalapeno peppers, Bell peppers, Scallop squash, Blueberries Leafy Vegetables and...
Read more in: Real GardensIt’s nobody’s notion of a garden; it’s a re-creation of the natural environment here in the Chesapeake Bay watershed as the original inhabitants knew it. It surrounds the awesome building and together the exterior – building and landscaping – is actually more popular than the displays indoors. I was...
Read more in: Real GardensAs complaints about the summer heat reach critical mass in the blogosphere, I am reminded that the weekend for Garden Walk Buffalo approaches. Not many are complaining in Buffalo, believe me, as now is finally the time—leaving the brief moment of spring bulbs and early perennials aside—when our gardens...
Read more in: Real Gardensphoto by Jeff Goodell The view from a porch at Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, NY.
Read more in: Real GardensRemember when we all laughed at the new magazine Garden&Gun? Then it turned out to be darn good and I confessed I'd done them wrong. Well, in this month's issue the wonderful Roy Blount speaks up "In defense of the "good old-fashioned lawn". My favorite bits: "I can't see...
Read more in: Real GardensTelekia bigger than my car Susan has been writing about massing as a way to make a garden seem substantial. There is another way, but you have to be able to resist temptation, which I often cannot: Put down the god-damned shovel and stop moving the perennials around on...
Read more in: Real GardensThere was a college-town-idiosyncratic and decidedly rural feel to my first taste of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program. I visited two gardens and a private rose nursery in and around Ithaca, NY with Kathy/Cold Climate Gardening. I know that Susan has been awed by the apparent wealth...
Read more in: It's the Plants, Darling, Real GardensThat lily stalk looks familiar! I had to smile when I saw this image (taken by Chrys Gardener) from one of the Ithaca-area Open Days gardens I am to visit Saturday with Kathy/Cold Climate Gardening. Unlike the manicured images from Raleigh—at least, according to the pictures we saw—this...
Read more in: It's the Plants, Darling, Real GardensIt’s been established several times here that—even though I love giving away trimmers and other equipment I'll never use—I have no grass on my property except a few weeds that look like grass. But did you know that I live in a nearly-grass-free neighborhood? Everyone on our street is...
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Commented on A Stump Story { Thanks Emily, that's cool. I re-learned something the vikings were onto. } – Jun 18, 11:00 PM
Commented on Plants we Love to Hate { I like many of the flowers listed such as hyacinth, coneflower, lambs ears, and geraniums. I like most sweet blooming flowers/bulbs. I appreciate anyone who... } – Jun 18, 10:56 PM
Commented on Red on red { It's Blaze. } – Jun 18, 9:47 PM
Commented on Plants we Love to Hate { I love bearded iris the way I love the organdy ruffles on one summer blouse - not everywhere in the garden, not for everyday wear... } – Jun 18, 7:37 PM Commented on Red on red { Who cares . . . you had me at "light fragrance;" I like rose scent but some of the really heavily-scented ones can smell like... } – Jun 18, 7:33 PMWe are:
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