TIme to vote – on the color of my blog! February 7, 2010 Design is very important to me, so I take comments about my site design very seriously. I accept that as a designer, one cannot… Continue Reading
Hello, iPad! Goodbye Print On Paper February 5, 2010 Apple’s new iPad will change everything for us gardeners who are missing good gardening books and journals.It’s here, well almost, and I am thrilled…. Continue Reading
Potting up Geranium maderense,and more February 1, 2010 The massive, and rarely seen Geranium maderense, which I had grown from seed last spring, is starting to mature. I am hoping that this… Continue Reading
A weed by any other name, Primula malacoides February 1, 2010 In the fine Timber Press book PRIMULAS, the monster monograph on the genus primula by John Richards, one can discover that the lovely florist… Continue Reading
Who Will Bail Out This Seed Bank? Not me January 27, 2010 If you thought politics was limited to the 41st Senate seat, a new survivalist movement driven by conspiracy theorists and teaparty extremists are even… Continue Reading
Mastering Regal Geraniums January 25, 2010 A shot of some Pelargoniums from the front sand bed in the greenhouse from last May. These we’re still young, but now the plants… Continue Reading
Gladiolus priorii, and other Winter Blooming Species January 24, 2010 We all are familiar with the common Gladiolus, an all too common florist flower often seen in funeral sprays, or in summer garden shows… Continue Reading
How to make a Euryops pectinatus Standard January 22, 2010 Last Saturdays fine weather kept me in the greenhouse for most of the day, and it wasn’t difficult to find chores to be done,… Continue Reading
A season of it’s own January 17, 2010 A white Rosemary which has grown too large as a topiary, blooms. This is acting now as a stock plant, and now has many… Continue Reading
I’ll Pass on Easy and Cheesy January 16, 2010 I was reminded this morning about our obsession with things being easy. Actually, I think it first surfaced last night, while I was watching… Continue Reading
