It seems everywhere I look these days, someone is writing about the impact deer are having on homeowners’ gardens and also on the balance between native and non-native plants in local ecosystems. If you’re one of the lucky ones who does not have to deal with deer munching on your plants, consider yourself blessed. And [...]
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Dealing With Deer in Your Garden
Posted in Anything's Possible, Gardening in Connecticut, Test Garden, tagged controlling the number of deer, Deer Off deer repellent, effectiveness of deer repellents, effects of deer on native plants on October 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Deer Off – Product Review & Giveaway
Posted in Anything's Possible, Test Garden, tagged Deer Off deer repellent, free giveaway, Havahart on October 3, 2011 | 15 Comments »
*** Enter to win a free bottle of Deer Off simply by leaving a comment below*** Several months ago, I received an email from Havahart, the makers of Deer Off deer repellant, asking if I’d like a free sample of their product to try in my garden. Never one to turn down a freebie, and constantly [...]
Notes from my Test Garden…Chasmanthium latifolium
Posted in Deer-resistant, Natives, Test Garden on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Chasmanthium latifolium. If you’ve ever heard of it, you probably know it by one of its many common names…Northern sea oats, quaking oats, Indian wood oats or flathead oats. I call it Northern Sea Oats and I was first drawn to this plant because of its unique sea heads. When I started looking into it’s site [...]
Welcoming Buttercup Winterhazel to my Garden
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, Test Garden on September 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today was the annual fall plant sale at the Bartlett Arboretum, an event gardeners in and around Stamford, CT eagerly await. I have been going to the Bartlett’s plant sales for years and I always seem to find some interesting treasures. Today I purchased a Buttercup Winterhazel (Corylopsis pauciflora). As I look around my [...]
Update on Lagerstroemia indica ‘Tuscarora’
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Test Garden, Zone 6 gardening on September 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Back in June, I wrote a post about my Tuscarora crape myrtle which was supposed to be cold-hardy to zone 6 but appeared to have died back during the winter. When I wrote the original post, there was a bit of new growth coming from the root ball but all the trunks and branches had [...]
Welcoming Wildlife In My Garden…Baby Robins
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Natives, Plant Possibilities, Sustainable Gardening, Test Garden on July 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Several weeks ago a mother robin started building a nest in our blue spruce shrub (Picea pungens) located right outside a kitchen window and the backdoor to the garden. While this is not the quietest location in the garden, it seems to be a preferred nesting spot, especially for robins. The mother robin laid three [...]
Notes From My Test Garden…Lagerstroemia indica
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Plant Possibilities, Test Garden, Zone 6 gardening on June 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In September 2008, I bought a Lagerstroemia indica ‘Tuscarora’ (Tuscarora crape myrtle) for our Stamford, CT (zone 6) garden. I’d wanted a crape myrtle for some time but could never find a cold-hardy specimen that I liked and was willing to spend the money on since I suspected I was taking a chance by trying to [...]
Welcome To My Test Garden
Posted in Deer-resistant, Garden Coaching, Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Natives, Test Garden, Zone 6 gardening on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Several years ago I decided to use parts of my garden as a ‘test garden’ so I could see how plants behaved under different growing conditions (can plants labeled as full sun actually thrive in part shade), to see how placement of plants affects deer browsing (I’m beginning to think there is something to the [...]
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