Not What I Expected of the First Day of Spring
No snowdrops. Just another foot of snow. For more Wordlessness this Wednesday click here.
Ready, Set, Grow! Timber Press Giveaway
With Ready, Set, Grow! Timber Press is giving away books, lots of books, and a Moleskine journal to record your success as you put all the inspiration and advice to work in your garden for the next three months. Each month, March, April and May they will be giving a library of books away in a lottery. All you have to do is click here and enter. Whether you win the library or not, by checking this website…
Lawn Gone! by Pam Penick
Lawn Gone: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard by Pam Penick (Ten Speed Press $19.99) will get you thinking about how to reduce or remove your lawn, not only because there are more sustainable alternatives, but because there are so many beautiful alternatives. A greensward of fine turf is a pleasant thing, but it is a lot of work! And, in the end, not all that interesting or useful. How much more pleasant are paved walkways…
The Little Cyclamen That Could on March Bloom Day
This little white cyclamen on my bedroom windowsill has been blooming and blooming for two months. At least. Our bedroom is very cool, down to 55 degrees at night so the cycalmen has been very happy here. I really need a cold bedroom to sleep well. My husband tolerates it. I might turn the heat up during the day while I am working on the upstairs computer, otherwise I spend my of my day downstairs near the woodstove…
Ornament in the Garden – Little Things Count
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Snow, Mud, Mist – and Tulips
On February 25 I took a photo of the tulips I was forcing. This little pot of bulbs was clearly not developing at the same time. But even as the most advanced tulip began to decline, the others were just coming into bloom. As I watched the decline of my tulips, the colors changing, the petals crinkling I was reminded of a practice at a meditation center I once read about. On the first day of a week…
Talcott Greenhouse and the Spring Bulb Show, Mt. Holyoke College
While the rest of us have been shivering in our snowy landscapes, Russell Billings, Director of the Talcott Greenhouse at Mt. Holyoke College, has been busy cooling and slowly warming hundreds of bulbs and other blooming plants coaxing them to a perfect stage of bloom. On Saturday, March 2 the doors of the greenhouse will open to the public to present Primavera, this year’s bulb show featuring glorious tulips and daffodils as well as many plants of the…
International Women’s Day – Beijing Memories
On April 16, 1989 my husband and I flew to Beijing where I had taken a job with a women's magazine. There I first learned of International Women's Day where it is a big event. And certainly I learned a lot about the life of Chinese women while working as a 'polisher' for Women of China English Monthly. I worked with translators (whose English was excellent) who translated articles about women in China's history, and the women who were taking…
A Week Ago Today
Over the week the snow has been refreshed by snow showers. Drifts and plow banks by the roadsides remain deep and high. It still feels like deep winter. For more Wordlessness this Wednesday click here.
Look Within for Spring Bloom
The best place to find fresh spring bloom is to look within the greenhouses at Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges. Both colleges are having their annual spring flower shows and giving us the strength to get through these last days of winter. This looks just the supermarket primrose that I planted years ago and that blooms every spring in the dappled shade in back of our house. Could it be that the goddess Flora has found her way to reign…
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