For the last two weeks this garden has been put to excellent use — grandchildren. Our daughter, Andrea, came “home” with her daughters. These two… Continue reading
Mysterious weather. On Sunday morning, with rain threatening, I watered. Even though we had a deluge the day before the ground really isn’t all that… Continue reading
I was recently asked a very simple question: What is the best thing happening in your garden right now? Without missing a beat I replied:… Continue reading
My mind is jam packed with worry about you new gardeners. You are at the forefront of my thought process. What to do about you?… Continue reading
This is the very most excellent time of year. I found myself in the unenviable position of cooling my heels in a waiting room, on… Continue reading
What a glorious day. The heat has been turned on in the greenhouse and the high/low thermometer is in place. If the heaters are holding… Continue reading
Yes, I am still watering the window box. Yes, I regret pulling the tuber begonias out of said box weeks and weeks ago. They are… Continue reading
Well, this is awkward. I have not done much in my garden since planting bulbs last week. Nary a weed has been pulled, and there… Continue reading
I find it a bit unusual to compose a bouquet in October of lilacs, roses, primroses and pale yellow trollius. Lovely yes, odd — definitely. … Continue reading
I have embraced kale. Last growing season I started four plants by directly seeding them into the plot. It was a very long time before… Continue reading
Slugs? Slugs? What slugs? There aren’t any in this garden. They must be in yours. Or, better yet, the ice sheet of winter past got… Continue reading
Egad! Methinks it has been a whole month since I last talked to you. There is much to be said, put down your gardening tools… Continue reading
This is proving to be an astounding growing season. The vegetable garden is producing with a single-minded purpose — to fill our freezer. I have… Continue reading
So there I am, my friend has asked me about his honeysuckle that has three live leaves. It was planted six inches from the wall… Continue reading
The iris setosa (our native iris) thrives in a very boggy area of the garden. There are even marsh marigolds tucked in among them. Whenever… Continue reading
It is a tad difficult to be upbeat when the majority of the plants in my perennial beds are dead. I will consider this an… Continue reading
The seedlings have been lingering in the greenhouse longer than intended. Gee, I wonder why ... They are close to root bound and need more… Continue reading
It is cold. Really cold. So as I bundled up and reminded myself that I do indeed live at latitude 59 degrees north and that… Continue reading
"April is the cruellest month ..." –— T.S.Eliot And here we are enduring a very nasty April indeed. We have been given mostly snow today.… Continue reading
Editor’s Note: For 20 years Rosemary Fitzpatrick encouraged area gardeners in her column in the Homer News, the Kachemak Gardener. She took a break, but… Continue reading
