Comments for My Northern Garden

Comment on A Great Day for Plant Bargains by mynortherngarden

mynortherngarden — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:44:23 +0000

Marcia: Thanks for updating me on the club’s web site. I will make that change right away!

Comment on A Great Day for Plant Bargains by Marcia Walters

Marcia Walters — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:30:29 +0000

Mary,
Glad you got some bargains at the Northfield Garden Club’s plant sale. Now if the weather would just warm up…

Our new web site is northfieldgardenclub.org (in place of .com). You might want to switch to this in your listing.

Thanks for your great blog. We are adding it to the Garden Club’s list of recommendations for online gardening sites.

Comment on Plant Sales and Self Control by Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:42:56 +0000

This self control at plant sales you speak of….I think my husband has mentioned this thing. But I’ve never understood it….

Comment on Suffering from Zone Envy by Penny

Penny — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:51:26 +0000

Wow! Nice shots of the fox, and how cool that you got to see him or her!

Comment on Gardening Like Monet by Jim/ArtofGardening

Jim/ArtofGardening — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:52:51 +0000

Thanks for visiting my site. And don’t wait for the dollar to improve in value to travel to France. I don’t think the dollar will. I think the U.S. is “ratcheting down” to fit our current standard in the world, and, for the first time in our lifetimes, we’re not #1.

And the flight attendants were an added bonus. We met them as they were there celebrating the retirement of the youngest of the group.

But back to Monet, his plantings were all in rows of like colors. And they were planted so heavily that there were constant blooms throughout the year. Easier to do when you have some wealth, time, space and a good gardener or two.

Comment on Gardening Like Monet by Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:06:54 +0000

This is an interesting look at colour theory for the garden. A look at a Monet painting does make you yearn for large swaths of colourful plantings. I try to create what I hope will be good combinations, but I don’t always time it right with the capricious or short bloom times of some perennials. Lately I’ve been settling for trying to get some good foliage combinations. However, while looking at the above painting, I’m getting the urge to tear out a little more lawn and widen a few beds.

Comment on Gardening Like Monet by Jim/ArtofGardening

Jim/ArtofGardening — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:27:51 +0000

If you like Monet’s gardens, please check out my posts (there’s five or so) on my visit to Giverny. It’s and awesome spectacle and hard to get a bad shot (but I may have been teh first!).

Visit http://web.mac.com/charlierj/ArtOfGardening/Home/Entries/2007/11/18_Monet_Garden_at_Giverny.html

Comment on Must-Have Fashion Accessory for Gardeners by Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:30:14 +0000

That looks like a good hat for the garden. The band probably also makes sure it fits different sized heads. Wish I remembered to wear a hat more often.

Comment on Must-Have Fashion Accessory for Gardeners by Penny

Penny — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:40:32 +0000

Having a personal history of melanoma, I’m with you on the hat-wearing! I have a nice round-brimmed straw one I bought in Savannah. When I wear it I look like a rice-paddy worker. But that’s okay.

Comment on Oprah’s Rose by Penny Hillemann

Penny Hillemann — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:50:33 +0000

What a beautiful color, and I like the fullness of it - not like the waxy-perfect roses of the traditional “dozen red.”