Archive for March, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Wordless Wednesday, tagged Wordless Wednesday on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A Garden Riddle
Posted in Anything's Possible, tagged Garden Riddle on March 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’m feeling playful today and thought I would try to challenge you all with a simple garden riddle. I hope you’ll indulge me and play along. Can you guess who I am? - Some gardeners call me common, I prefer versatile. – I bloom like clockwork each year. – My foliage is a soothing shade [...]
The Great Sunflower Project
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, tagged counting bees, Great Sunflower Project, Helianthus Lemon Queen on March 24, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Bees get a bad rap by many people. Their important role in our gardens is so often misunderstood. Rather than being embraced and encouraged to visit our gardens, many people see them as simple pests. I can’t tell you how many new clients ask me to only use flowers that won’t bring bees into their gardens! [...]
Happy, Happy Spring!
Posted in Anything's Possible, tagged Purple crocuses on March 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Garden Smackdown Native Plant Challenge
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, Sustainable Gardening, tagged Garden Smackdown Native Plant Challenge on March 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Regular readers of this blog already know I am a fan of using native plants whenever possible. Mind you, I have nothing against exotic plants (non-natives) and have quite a few in my garden growing quite happily alongside my native plants. But, I do find that more and more often, when I am looking for a specific plant [...]
Book Preview: Make It Wild!
Posted in Book Previews, tagged Make It Wild, outdoor activities with kids on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Make It Wild! by Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield is the answer to many a parent’s prayers. If you have kids who tend to be more couch potato than avid outdoor explorer, this is the book for you. Many books on the subject of outdoor crafts and activities are geared towards young children. By the time your [...]
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Wordless Wednesday on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Swag from Renee’s Garden
Posted in Edibles, Zone 6 gardening, tagged Apricot-Peach Parfait hollyhock, Broken Colors Four o'Clocks, Garden Writers Association, purple pole beans, Rattlesnake beans, Renee's Garden seeds, Sea of Red lettuce, Vanilla Berry nasturtiums on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of the many perks of belonging to the Garden Writer’s Association, an organization of professional communicators in the green industry, is the offers for free stuff, or swag, that are beginning to arrive in my mailbox. It’s actually a simple yet effective marketing strategy on the part of these companies – send samples of your [...]
Book Preview: Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars
Posted in Book Previews, tagged garden crafts with kids, Sharon Lovejoy, Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars: Grandma's Bag of Tricks on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars: Grandma’s Bag of Tricks by Sharon Lovejoy is not the typical garden book that I normally review. But, I received a review copy and enjoyed flipping through it so I’d thought I’d share it with you. This book is part garden craft book, part psychology book and part cook book. While [...]
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