Garden Alphabet: Squirrel
While not a garden plant, squirrels are ubiquitous in gardens, especially here in North America. Therefore, I feel they are appropriate for inclusion in the Garden Alphabet. Photo: Douglas Continue Reading
Garden History: “Killenworth,” George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York, ca. 1918
Garden History draws on “The Commons” a collection of historical photos from institutions from around the world. According to Flickr: The Commons was launched on January 16 2008, when Flickr Continue Reading
Video: Container Garden Update 14 – Strawberries and more!
The strawberries are fruiting, the seedlings are slowly doing their thing and some examples of food containers that can be recycled in the garden. Can’t see the video above? Watch Continue Reading
First Daffodils 2013
Just as I mentioned in a recent In the garden… video, I was leaving the house today and – Bang! – there were the first daffodils of the year. They Continue Reading
Garden Vocabulary: Fruit
This Garden Vocabulary series seeks to introduce and explain to you — and in many cases, myself — words and terms associated with gardening. Please let me know if there are any Continue Reading
Books on Hold: Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant by Amanda Cohen
Books on Hold is a blog series dedicated to books I have seen in passing and requested from my local library. See more in the series at the end of this Continue Reading
One Year Ago (2012); Daisies
Related posts: Video: In the garden…Koi Pond Garden Inventory: Snowflakes (Leucojum) Elsewhere: Full Circle Kitchen Composter: Review and Giveaway! 2012 Gift Guide: Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Continue Reading
Free Koi Pond Desktop, Tablet and Smartphone Wallpaper for February 2013
Here is a selection of free wallpapers for your computer desktop or smartphone. Right-click and select Save Image As… to download them to your own computer. On your smartphone, click Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Swiss Chard “Bright Lights”
Mentioned during this week’s #gardenchat (1/14/2013) Download Transcript of this chat Swiss Chard “Bright Lights” More information on Swiss Chard “Bright Lights”: Swiss Chard “Bright Lights” from Territorial Seed Swiss Chard “Bright Lights” from Burpee Continue Reading
One Year Ago (2012): Cherry Blossoms at Balboa Park, Los Angeles, CA
Related posts: Photo: Wisteria leaves are popping Garden Inventory: Snowflakes (Leucojum) Photo: Garden work today. Volunteers gladly accepted! via Instagram Photos: Cherry Blossoms at Lake Balboa, Los Angeles, Continue Reading