Did you ever notice how timing is one thing to always consider in the garden and in life? When you plant out those seedlings in the spring. When the rain comes (or doesn’t). When the last—sometimes very late—frost hits. The surprise of record high or low temperatures. And through it all Murphy’s Law plays its … Continue reading Timing Is Everything
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May Day
The first of May has finally come and the garden has awakened. Daffodils are in bloom everywhere in the yard, a succession of early, mid, and late season bloomers. Tulips in brilliant orange and yellow accompany them, along with the last of the early flowering hyacinth. The peach tree by the woods is covered in … Continue reading May Day
What’s a Gardener to Do?
It’s January and winter has only just begun. Outside my window snow squalls are, well, squalling. True, here in the Berkshires the weather has been unseasonably kind so far, so I can’t complain about snow accumulating in the middle of January. We’ve had relatively mild temperatures, and the landscape has been decidedly brown—up until this … Continue reading What’s a Gardener to Do?
No Time for Resolutions
In January, the garden’s color palette is decidedly brown. Buds formed late last summer and fall on the lilac and other spring-blooming shrubs are far too small for their greenness to be easily seen. And while the grass in neighbors’ yards is still remarkably colorful this year, I’ve eliminated my lawn, replacing it with mulched … Continue reading No Time for Resolutions
Pen, Paper, Plant 