Expert Advice at Hampton Court
If you have a horticultural problem or query, a flower show is an ideal place to find out what you want to know, either from a stall holder or from the RHS. I arrived with three queries, all of which...
View ArticleWinterthur 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...
View ArticleWinterthur 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...
View Article7 Favourite Show Gardens from Hampton Court
Delicately beautiful woodland planting designed by garden photographerDavid Sarton in his first show garden. It deservedly won a gold medal. I loved the scale and ambition of the lush Valley Garden by...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleJapanese beetle trapsa reconsideration
Japanese beetle courtesy of Shutterstock To trap or not to trap? That is the million roses question, isnt it? Conventional wisdom holds that the use of Japanese beetle-specific traps will increase...
View ArticleJapanese beetle trapsa reconsideration
Japanese beetle courtesy of Shutterstock To trap or not to trap? That is the million roses question, isnt it? Conventional wisdom holds that the use of Japanese beetle-specific traps will increase...
View ArticleJapanese beetle trapsa reconsideration
Japanese beetle courtesy of Shutterstock To trap or not to trap? That is the million roses question, isnt it? Conventional wisdom holds that the use of Japanese beetle-specific traps will increase...
View ArticleJapanese beetle trapsa reconsideration
Japanese beetle courtesy of Shutterstock To trap or not to trap? That is the million roses question, isnt it? Conventional wisdom holds that the use of Japanese beetle-specific traps will increase...
View ArticleRant on the Road: New Orleans, Boston, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Marthas Vineyard
Hey folks! Im on the road this week and next. There will be cocktails! See you out there? July 18 2013 12:30 PM Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, LA Panelist, Digging into the Secrets of Tequila....
View ArticleSee the Documentary Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard if You Can
Anna and Harlan Hubbard may not be names familiar to most readers. But if you have ever thought dreamily of Henry David Thoreaus experiment, forsaking the slavery of time and roughing it on Walden...
View ArticleSee the Documentary Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard if You Can
Anna and Harlan Hubbard may not be names familiar to most readers. But if you have ever thought dreamily of Henry David Thoreaus experiment, forsaking the slavery of time and roughing it on Walden...
View ArticleSee the Documentary Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard if You Can
Anna and Harlan Hubbard may not be names familiar to most readers. But if you have ever thought dreamily of Henry David Thoreaus experiment, forsaking the slavery of time and roughing it on Walden...
View ArticleReality show Long Island Landscapers?
And I was totally going to watch it once, just to report on it here. This is just one of several mock ads for reality shows promoting public television. Keep fighting the good fight, PBS!
View ArticleChoosing the right fence
Sometimes you look in the obvious places and you just cant find the right thing. For instance finding the right fencing can be tricky unless you have serious money available, otherwise it all looks...
View ArticleOkay, I Love Columbus!
Invited to visit Columbus during its really big gardening trade show and then shown a fabulous time in their clean, beautiful city, how could I not write good things about it? Id never taken part in a...
View ArticleOkay, I Love Columbus!
Invited to visit Columbus during its really big gardening trade show and then shown a fabulous time in their clean, beautiful city, how could I not write good things about it? Id never taken part in a...
View ArticleOkay, I Love Columbus!
Invited to visit Columbus during its really big gardening trade show and then shown a fabulous time in their clean, beautiful city, how could I not write good things about it? Id never taken part in a...
View ArticleOkay, I Love Columbus!
Invited to visit Columbus during its really big gardening trade show and then shown a fabulous time in their clean, beautiful city, how could I not write good things about it? Id never taken part in a...
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