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Mini Guest Post
on Nov 4, 2009 in About this site Garden Tweets media-mentions I am cited as a “winter survival pro” at Seasonal Wisdom. Check it out, and add your own tips in the comments. I know a lot of my readers are winter survival pros.
Lady-Slipper Seed Pods
on Oct 25, 2009 in Native/Invasive cypripedium ladyslipper Remember this? Now it looks like this: discovered these while on my witch hazel walk. Lady Slipper Seed Germination As related by William Cullina in The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers (affiliate link):...
How to Plant a Lot of Crocuses
on Oct 22, 2009 in Miscellaneous crocus crocuses For years now, we’ve enjoyed the crocus display along one side of our driveway. This spring I decided it should be even bigger, and over the last two days I planted a hundred more, bringing the total to over nine hundred. The “soil”...
A Good Year for Witch Hazels
on Oct 20, 2009 in Flowers on the Brain Native/Invasive What's up/blooming autumn witch_hazel It is a family tradition to walk up the hill and into the woods this time of year to seek out the witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) blossoms. This is a native shrub or small tree that prefers moist, acidic soil–which we have in abundance.
First Snow of 2009-2010
on Oct 16, 2009 in Weather autumn snow Last night it snowed. That, in itself, is not unusual for the second half of October. But normally we get flurries mixed with rain, and no accumulation. Yesterday a weather record for snow accumulation was broken. The official new record is 1.2 inche...
Colchicums: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day October 2009
on Oct 14, 2009 in Colchicums What's up/blooming Garden Bloggers Bloom Day You might think after a 26F freeze there would be nothing left blooming in the garden, but you would be wrong. The colchicums continue to shoot up new blossoms. Pictured above is Colchicum autumnale ‘Album’arly on in my colchicum acquisit...