…I started to tell the story of our garden here in Gardner, and even posted the image above that showed part of the garden’s past we had inherited when buying this land.
Month: March 2021
March 30, 2021–Office Window View
Rainy day research, bookmark sorting and other progress bits.
Today was the first day we’d hoped to start tackling the blackberry corner. Although it was predicted that there would be showers today, we had no idea how consistent they would be on this cooler March day. So I did my level best to work on other garden related things that needed tending. Continue reading “Rainy day research, bookmark sorting and other progress bits.”
If flowers can
teach themselves
how to bloom after
winter passes,
so can you.
~ Noor Shirazie, Springtime Continue reading “Springtime”
Springtime
Weekly Site Changes: March 20th-26th, 2021
As I write this, I feel the ghosts of poorly planned gardens in the past breathing down my neck and judging me. I’m at the point of the year when I will once again need to both actually be gardening as I also keep posting. I’ve not yet perfected the art of being consistent with both at the same time, and as I glance over the site fix To Do List which is awesome to behold in its own right, I am girding myself for the inevitable days ahead when I will have to remember that winter doldrum dally time is over and focus on what it’s really time to do!
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I’ve got trellis on my mind
Although I was thrilled to pieces last year when we found the Hidden Treasure trellis, the plant I chose to use it with was not the best option. Continue reading “I’ve got trellis on my mind”
Long term drought, burning permits, and brush fires
We recently had what’s known as a “red flag” warning in MA due to high winds and lack of recent ongoing precipitation, and there’s at least one brush fire that happened around then, and then another recently, and then yet another made the news. So it looks like we’re not out of the woods yet despite milder winds. Now it may seem odd to get such when there’s still snow on the ground in many places, but here we are. I remember noticing last year how many evergreens around our neighborhood looked or outright were dying. After the last major windy spell, I found myself picking up yet again more deadfall from the trees on or bordering our property, and that’s when I noticed the die back wasn’t just in other places in the neighborhood.
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Wild Wednesdays: Northern highbush blueberry
Welcome to the first installment of Wild Wednesdays! This week I’ll be sharing info I’ve learned about the Northern highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum. It’s the first berry plant we bought for our garden back in 2017. Continue reading “Wild Wednesdays: Northern highbush blueberry”
