Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and it has come to our attention that someone is telling people that her autumn crocuses— which were absolutely gorgeous in late October before the killing frosts came—are the result of her magical gardening powers. Um. No. We are garden fairies. They are because of our hard work and the fortunate choice Carol made in planting Crocus speciosus many years ago. Really, her part in all of this took all of about 10 minutes several years … [Read more...] about Garden Fairies Discuss Crocuses in the Fall
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My All-New Fall Garden Admiring Service
October. The word itself invokes all the images of fall. Pumpkins, dried corn stalks, pretty fall leaves, bright asters and mums. There is no better time than October to introduce my all-new fall garden admiring service. Why do we need a fall version of my garden admiring service? Thanks for asking. I know fall is a busy time for many people. Streaming services like Netflix and countless others are now bombarding you with new shows that you can binge-watch for hours and hours. You … [Read more...] about My All-New Fall Garden Admiring Service
Summer Collapsed
“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” - Oscar WildeI notice as I walk around the neighborhood these days that some trees are already shedding their leaves—river birches and ash trees primarily. (Yes, there are a few ash trees still growing in my neighborhood, protected from the Emerald Ash Borers by their owners' judicious use of systemic insecticide treatments.)Is there anything better than shuffling through fallen leaves? I love the sound of them crunching under my shoes.The pine … [Read more...] about Summer Collapsed
Milestones
This week, Dee Nash and I published our 100th Gardenangelists podcast episode.That's a nice milestone, don't you think?Through those 100 episodes, we've learned quite a bit and hopefully shared some nice tidbits about gardening.We learned along the way that publishing a podcast isn't quite as easy as writing a blog post and hitting "publish" when you are done writing and have given it a once over. It takes a bit of time to sync up our two MP3 files, edit out the pauses and background … [Read more...] about Milestones
2019: A Mast Year for Trees
They are declaring 2019 is a mast year for trees. A mast year is when all kinds of trees collectively produce more than their normal amount of seed. Really, look it up. Just do an online search for "mast year 2019" and behold all the articles and posts about this phenomenon. You can also read that scientists and others don't really understand how it is that all the trees seem to coordinate their efforts, so to speak, to abundantly flower and produce massive amounts of seed in the same … [Read more...] about 2019: A Mast Year for Trees
Garden fairies are busy!
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have a tale to tell all of you. Well, not so much a tale but really more about how we are garden fairies and we often have to go to great lengths to make sure certain flowers don't get wrecked by the rain. Flowers like these fall-flowering Crocus speciosus. Yesterday and early this morning we had to protect them from a deluge of rainfall. Then this afternoon, the sun came out and we all had to scurry around to open them up. Got to make hay … [Read more...] about Garden fairies are busy!
