I spent part of Saturday cleaning up around my raised vegetable beds and adding mulched-paths. Because the beds are at the edge of my property and are sitting in/near a meadow, it can get pretty overgrown by the end of the season. For the paths, I put down cardboard and covered it with mulch. I’m [...]
Archive for May 24th, 2009
The Magic of Mulch
Posted in Fruits and Vegetables on May 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Peony in Bloom
Posted in Perennials, See it in Northern Gardener on May 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I noticed my tree peony has started to bloom already — in fact, it went from just slightly open to fully in bloom in a few hours Saturday afternoon. My other peonies — all the herbaceous type — have a few tight balls on them, but no sign of bloom. I bought this one [...]



