Now that summer is almost here, my garden is witnessing the last of the peonies, the glorious middle of bloom time for the roses and the beginnings of the great lily fanfare, all simultaneously. For once, the flowering of property looks almost like the semi-miraculous floral explosions that you see only at exhibitions like the … Read more
Fragrances and music have a tendency to seep right into your head and stay there. This past week, as the predicted “snowpocalypse” turned into a “sno-vereaction,” the scent of a particular primrose took up residence in my brain. Now I am on a quest for similar scented beauties for my spring garden. The brain take-over … Read more
At the beginning of every season I take inventory of my garden to see what works and what doesn’t, and where the “holes” are in my current planting schemes. This task is easier to do in the spring, because the growth is less abundant. Every year I vow to plant more tulips and I generally … Read more
