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
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
(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
