Proper plant placement is a skill that I need to master. It is more a matter of trust than measurement; I know, for example, that Pyracanthas will grow rapidly to 10 feet wide or more, and I can measure out from the stalk the likely reach of the mature plant, but there is this [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Fall Planting’
November 23, 2008
November Thaw???
The snow has melted, except for a few patches in shady corners of the garden. Daffodils are beginning to push their way out of the soil, and the temperature has finally climbed above fifty. I was so glad to get to do my spring planting today.
What do you mean it’s not spring? [...]
November 16, 2008
Buying in a Bear Market
At least once a week, Teresa opens her closet and laments that she has nothing to wear. I notice that the hanger rod in the closet is sagging under the weight of her clothes, and that hanging anything else in there is like jamming one more file into an already stuffed file drawer, but I [...]
November 15, 2007
More Expansions in My Garden
I started work last weekend on another flowerbed expansion. This is the border along the south side fence, known as the Bottomlands because the ground slopes down here on its descent to a small creek at the end of our street. It faces north-northeast, but gets full sun through the summer months, except [...]
October 21, 2007
Saturday Projects
We got about 3/4″ of rain Friday, which softened up the ground enough that I could do a little digging. The first item on my agenda was to improve the soil in Teresa’s Charleston Garden, which is still under construction. The Charleston Garden is a one-foot strip of dirt between our driveway and [...]
