Posted in Bulbs, Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I must have planted these, though I don’t remember when or why. They are coming up in a bed on the north side of my house, and were a pleasant surprise yesterday as I pulled out the last of the brown foliage from last year’s daylilies. I wasn’t sure what they were at first, but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
With the cold and rain we had last week, the blooming is still behind the past couple of years. But trees are starting to leaf out and more of the spring bulbs are showing. Around town I’ve seen hyacinth as well as daffodils and magnolias (yes, there are magnolias hardy enough for Minnesota) and a [...]
Posted in Critters, Garden Travel, Uncategorized on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since envy is one of the seven deadly sins, is zone envy a particularly egregious offense for gardeners? If so, I am guilty after a trip to Chicago this weekend. I went to help my daughter, a student at Loyola University, move home for the summer. Early Friday morning, I left Minnesota amid wind, cold, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always worn an old baseball cap when I garden, which was not much in the looks department and did not protect my neck from the sun. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been more careful about sun protection. (And perhaps a bit regretful about those sunburns in the Bahamas back in the 80s.) So, this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
The rain we’ve had has been great, as I noted in the previous post, but c’mon, snow! This morning, I woke up to a small pile of the white stuff on the gardens and yard. It’s melting rapidly, but according to local weather forecasts, we’ll be getting night temperatures in the high 20s the next [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
A real highlight of the Rice County Horticulture Day Saturday at St. Olaf College was the presentation by Pam Strouth and Cheryl Steinberg of Bloom Floral Design in Faribault. Apparently Pam and Cheryl are TV personalities in Faribault where they host a regular show on floral design on the local cable channel. While both [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Dr. Mark Seeley, author of the Minnesota Weather Almanac and a regular radio commentator on climate and weather, spoke at the Rice County Horticultural Day this morning. Seeley gave the full-house of gardeners attending the event an overview on how the weather is changing in Minnesota, with a few ideas on how to accommodate it.
Here [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My order from Baker Creek Seeds arrived a week or so ago. I set the seeds aside for now, but could not stop fiddling with a new gadget that I ordered. It’s called “Clyde’s Garden Planner,” and is basically a simplified slide rule for seed starting times. (For those of you too young to know [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Attending a presentation on great perennials is like going to one of those restaurants where the menu runs 10 pages. What to choose? What to choose? I felt that way last Friday at Richard Hawke’s talk on winning perennials from the Chicago Botanic Garden’s flower trials. Each year, the Chicago Botanic grows every available [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the great things about editing Northern Gardener is I get a chance to attend the Minnesota Green Expo, the annual trade show and educational event of the Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association (MNLA). I went to Minneapolis this morning to catch the last day of the show.
As always, the Northern Gardener bookstore was [...]
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