If you go out very early in the morning, before the dew has dried on the grass, you might find a bit of fairy lace, left behind by a garden fairy hurrying off at the first light of dawn to hide beneath the shrubs or in the shade under the leaves of cucumber vines in the vegetable garden.Later in the morning, the lace disappears. Who knows who or what comes and takes it away, it just disappears as the sun dries the dew on the grass.Across the way, the foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) blooms. A … [Read more...] about Whimsy in the Garden
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Container Planting at May Dreams Gardens
The “container season” starts early in my garden with violas and pansies. As soon as I can find some for sale anywhere in the spring, I buy a flat or two or three and plant them in some low containers to put on my front porch and in a front window box.This year I planted the violas and pansies on March 21st.The container season continues in the late spring when I plant containers of summer annuals to put on my front porch, back patio, and on my sister’s patio.Then in the fall, I add some mums … [Read more...] about Container Planting at May Dreams Gardens
Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop: Fences and Walls
Gardening Gone Wild’s December Garden Blogger’s Design Workshop is all about Fences and Walls.Here’s a garden wall that I admired recently.These homeowners have added a 'wall' just two stones high to differentiate between a lawn area and a wooded area in their front yard.I think it is a good solution to the problem of having to maintain a tame area around the sidewalk while keeping the woods ‘as is’. Without it, this might look like a vacant lot, tempting neighbors to sneak over at night to dump … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop: Fences and Walls
Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop – Paths and Walkways
Look!From the space station, or the moon or somewhere up there, you can see my raised bed vegetable garden with its paths (compliments of Google Earth).When I take pictures of the garden from ground level, it doesn’t really show how the beds are laid out and you can’t see all the paths. Good paths are key to a raised bed garden like this.The paths should be wide enough to accommodate a wheelbarrow and allow you to walk all the way around each raised bed. And they should be covered with mulch or … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop – Paths and Walkways
