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Impressions of Ireland
Ive just returned from my first ever visit to Ireland where I loved the landscape but in general found the gardens very disappointing. It may just have been the area we visited the south west or it...
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Covering the ground isnt enough
It took over ten years, but Ive finally banished the last patch of pachysandra from my garden. It lingered on in front of the house, which is dominated by tree roots and deep shade. I knew it would...
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Crimes and Ethical Dilemmas in the News
Two items in Sundays papers caught my interest, and possibly yours. Metro edict choking Phantom Planters blooms in the Washington Post really warmed my heart except for the part about Metro. Part-time...
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Wildflowers of Ireland
We were slightly late for most of the spring flowers, but there was still some loveliness to be seen. There were boggy fields of flag iris, cliffs and shoreline banks were vertical gardens smothered...
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Crimes and Ethical Dilemmas in the News
Two items in Sundays papers caught my interest, and possibly yours. Metro edict choking Phantom Planters blooms in the Washington Post really warmed my heart except for the part about Metro. Part-time...
View ArticleHey, Mayor Bloomberg! Heres Your New Compost Plan
You may have read that Mayor Bloomberg has a new food scrap composting plan for New York City. It works just the same way suburban food scrap programs do: everybody gets a new bin, everybody has to...
View ArticleHey, Mayor Bloomberg! Heres Your New Compost Plan
You may have read that Mayor Bloomberg has a new food scrap composting plan for New York City. It works just the same way suburban food scrap programs do: everybody gets a new bin, everybody has to...
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No Bad Yards
Guest Rant by Rebecca Sullivan I was just reading Billy Goodnicks guest post, and I have to confess that by the end of it, I found myself annoyed. What bothered me is something that bothers me about a...
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The Scourge of Alien Invasive Plants
In Ireland I was struck by the ubiquity of non-native plants in the Irish countryside. It took me a while to realise that the lush green grass that lined nearly every lane was in fact the young...
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No Bad Yards
Guest Rant by Rebecca Sullivan I was just reading Billy Goodnicks guest post, and I have to confess that by the end of it, I found myself annoyed. What bothered me is something that bothers me about a...
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What does GIY stand for ?
Id like to invite you to come to the UK launch of GIY in July. It will, I promise, be far more than just a knowledge-sharing extravaganza full of men with ill-advised facial hair. I know this because...
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The Fortress Look in Deer Fencing
Guest Rant by Wendy Kiang-Spray I mean, I get itbut I dont really get it. The lawn is meticulously manicured, the stonework beautiful, and within the lovely iron garden gate (topped by an additional 4...
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The Fortress Look in Deer Fencing
Guest Rant by Wendy Kiang-Spray I mean, I get itbut I dont really get it. The lawn is meticulously manicured, the stonework beautiful, and within the lovely iron garden gate (topped by an additional 4...
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The Fortress Look in Deer Fencing
Guest Rant by Wendy Kiang-Spray I mean, I get itbut I dont really get it. The lawn is meticulously manicured, the stonework beautiful, and within the lovely iron garden gate (topped by an additional 4...
View ArticleIlnacullin Garden
The island garden of Ilnacullin, designed by Harold Peto has been on my visit wish list for a very long time. To reach it, its a ten minute putter in a tiny ferry across the sheltered waters of Bantry...
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The Attack of the Himalayan Blackberry
Ive almost staunched the bleeding. The crimson crosshatches etched across my forearms dont sting much, but they look impressive. I was just practicing some close quarter combat with that tasty rascal...
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Winterthur in Summer
The Winterthur Garden (okay, and museum and library) in Wilmington, DE is an easy day-trip for me, but Id never seen it until last month. The reason? I thought it was just for spring. Famously so, of...
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Camberwell Beauty & other Lepidopterists Delights
The Native Butterfly Garden at Hampton Court is a meshed enclosure containing many of our native butterflies, the rarest of which is the Camberwell Beauty a butterfly I had never seen before, except...
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Winterthur in Summer
The Winterthur Garden (okay, and museum and library) in Wilmington, DE is an easy day-trip for me, but Id never seen it until last month. The reason? I thought it was just for spring. Famously so, of...
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Winterthur in Summer
The Winterthur Garden (okay, and museum and library) in Wilmington, DE is an easy day-trip for me, but Id never seen it until last month. The reason? I thought it was just for spring. Famously so, of...
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