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Growing Annual Vines in Pots

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My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

Plant Trials

Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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A Comprehensive review of all the wrong ways to grow Salpiglossis found on the Internet.

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…

Seems like Bonsai West is Bonsai Best

January 10, 2010

A grove of tree’s in the Bonsai style, is amazing, and now, this is all I want to make for our garden. I am…

Bad Dog. No more Brussels Sprouts until you eat your cookies.

January 10, 2010

It all started a few weeks ago. Fergus, and then Margaret, our two Irish Terriers, would seem to disappear near the eleven o”clock news….

Better Boy or Bubble Boy- Is there a Future for the Home Grown Tomato?

January 4, 2010

Image from La Tomatina in Spain fro webEcoist, perhaps this is what we will end up doing with our tomatoes next year? Of all…

A New Year, a New Decade, and a New Life Plan

January 4, 2010

It’s been snowing here in New England for, like…..five days! This pot of the alpine Narcissus from Morocco, N. romieuxii ssp. cantabricus is full…

Winter Stars, winter sax’s

December 31, 2009

Saxifraga longifolia Many non gardeners may think that the winter garden offers little in the way of interest or display. But many plants offer…

Holiday topiary get a trim for the new year

December 29, 2009

The art of training shrubs and trees into standard topiary shapes, comes and goes with the fashion of the moment, just as bonsai become…

Going Hay Crazy for Ruth Stout. how could I ever forget!

December 28, 2009

You must see the newly discovered videos of Ruth Stout. Who is Ruth Stout you may ask? Well, thanks to fellow blogger Margaret Roach,…

An overcast winter day reveals colorful evergreens

December 27, 2009

A Cedrus atlanticus, or the common Atlantic Cedar, sparkles in the melting snow.These golden evergreens are often seen as houseplants or mini Christmas trees,…

December Flowers

December 27, 2009

I’ve noticed over the past years, that there are flowers, and of course, greens available in my zone 5 garden every month of the…