The Spring Gardening Symposium is back at last! I hope to see a happy crowd of gardeners at the Frontier Regional High School in South Deerfield on April 1 at 8:45 am. The Registration is $40. Register online (extra service applies) at WMMAGA.ORG or by mail. (more…)
Marigolds are one of the standbys in my garden. They are so bright and long blooming. And now I know that marigolds are useful for weak eyes! There are many mysteries in the garden.
Wood sorrel is surely the Herb for the heart –
Its leaves are all heart shaped resembling that part! (more…)
There was a time when I never imagined that flowers grew in the winter. But now I love visiting golden witch hazel (mostly) flowers in early February. There are about 12 types of witch hazels, but even so, there are more types of color in these shrubs. I am not sure of the name of this shaggy yellow blossom, but I think it is Hamamelis virginiana.
Usually, over many hundreds of eggs for breakfast, I lay out one egg for my husband, and one for me. But lately, I crack one egg – and lo, there are two egg yolks! Another day or two passes with one egg for each of us and then – TWO egg yolks for both of us. Thank you Diemand Eggs!i
Demand must have really healthy chickens! During my years with lots of chickens in Heath I occasionally had a double egg, but this has been outstanding. Thank you Diemand Farm! (more…)
The sun is shining today and I have just talked to Sherry Wilson, a wonderful woman I have known for years. I know that readers of gardens were always eager for the weekly garden story.
Sherry put out great newspaper stories over years about gardens and the many kinds of plants and gardeners that she has visited and worked with. She has interviewed skilled people like Doug Tallamy who is one of my own great favorites. (more…)
Colin was born on February 13, 2023. Mom and baby were both a little tired after Monday morning, but both were happy – when awake. (more…)
Beauty arrives in amazing places.
I did not expect to find a hellebore flower in the snow. This narrow bed has been covered with snow, which is just now melting away, and it will probably be covered with snow again this winter. I have seen the foliage, but I never expected to find a blossom opening its flowers. (more…)
You might think we had a snow storm but it has been so mild that the snow is melting - melting - melting. The lakes spill over into the rivers. I enjoy watching the rivers and streams as they come and go. The land is always changing, and always bringing something to see, to enjoy, to watch it change.
The snows have come lightly this year. It is silent and cold, but a joy to see. Winter Trees BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.