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
A Weekend at Americas Oldest Flower Show March 1, 2016 An entrants camellias await being groomed and set out on the benches at America’s oldest flower show, the 187th Camellia Show held by the… Continue Reading
More Camellias, Plant Propagation, and a Big Blog Honor February 24, 2016 Pots of camellias blooming on the floor of the greenhouse – I just can’t hold them back, so they will miss the Camellia Show… Continue Reading
Gooseberries, Mignonette and Martian Regolith Simulant – My 2016 Projects February 13, 2016 Gooseberries, once so popular in North America, were restricted during most of the twentieth century because of concerns that the genus was a vector… Continue Reading
