Now that it is December, I have begun, in earnest, Phase Two of Winter Gardening.To the casual observer, this phase, which I call “Settling In”, looks a lot like a bear hibernating, as far as …
Winter Gardening: Phase One
Are you wondering how we "northern gardeners" make it through winter without "gardening"?On her blog Edenmakers™, Shirley Bovshow asked, "Garden Coma: What will you do while your garden sleeps?"I …
Absolutes of Gardening: Tender Plants
This plant doesn’t look good at all. I think I should have moved these Red Banana plants, Ensete maurelii, into the garage before morning temperatures dipped below freezing. But I didn’t and now …
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Snow!
Finally, January and warm temperatures are gone and February is here and we have some snow. Not a lot of snow, but a few inches. And we have some wind, the kind that cuts through even the warmest …
Winter Where Art Though?
We are having a warm winter. I don't know if it is unusual, but we are on pace to have the 3rd warmest January since they started to keep records. I don't like this. I want it to be cold, I want some …
