My Earth Day Giveaway – Disposable Compost Bins by Postmodern April 22, 2016 These new compostable food scrap boxes introduce a new system which is 100% compostable, all designed by two of my good friends. I want… Continue Reading
How to grow primroses that return year to year April 15, 2016 Primula elatior (this one grown by primrose expert Amy Olmsted in Vermont) as dug from the garden for a primrose exhibition, proves how resilient… Continue Reading
Winter’s Late Departure Allows UsTo Catch Up April 12, 2016 Those pots of Nemesia that I sowed in September, but then fussed a bit over by adjusting their pH, and monitoring their magnesium and… Continue Reading
My Icelandic Immersion Ends April 9, 2016 In my last post from Iceland, and before I return back to more traditional gardening posts, here are some of the various images from… Continue Reading
Exploring Planet Iceland April 7, 2016 Our land speeder made traversing this planet rather easy, and…it played gay disco music from the 70’s (which the native population apparently enjoys). It’s… Continue Reading
A Trip To Iceland April 6, 2016 It’s easy to see Iceland makes the top ten remote places to visit both with Lonely Planet and Unesco site lists. We reach… Continue Reading
First Day of Spring March 21, 2016 The well know early blooming Iris reticulata ‘Katherine Hodgkin’, perhaps the perfect subject for my new camera (I’m switching from Nikon to Canon, so… Continue Reading
A New and Improved Better Homes & Gardens? Perhaps so. March 15, 2016 I was sent a complementary copy of the newly rebranded Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Maybe it’s because it’s the gardening issue, but I… Continue Reading
Welcoming an Early Spring March 12, 2016 Nemesia which was sown last October, begins to bloom as the days become longer. Well pinched and fertilized with a complex mix of water… Continue Reading
Guest Editing the Latest Issue of Pith + Vigor March 6, 2016 Rochelle Greayer of Pith + Vigor quarterly and I are not only fellow bloggers, but we are friends, and we are neighbors. We both live in… Continue Reading