W(hole)-ly Surprising
It’s amazing what surprises Mother Earth (and I mean that literally this time) can spring on us at times. And …
Category Archives: Gardening
TGGR, July and August 2018: Incremental Progress
Our hot humid weather stands in stark contrast to the glacial pace of my attempts to move forward on the …
Old Shed, New Shed
Before embarking on any Money Pit remodeling tales of woe, I’d like to share a tale that had a happy …
TGGR Progress Report, Summer 2018
I had every intention (you know, the kind the road to hell is paved with) of writing this TGGR* report …
Acer Aesthetics (or Lack Thereof)
One result of last December’s Massacre of the Not-So-Innocents was that a Japanese maple previously shouldered aside by a hefty …
The Precocious Peony’s Premiere Performance
My ‘precocious’ — courtesy of spending the winter in an unheated garage — teenage tree peony ‘Kamata-fuji’ has spent the …
A Very Precocious Peony!
Less than three weeks ago I had a big ‘whew’ moment upon discovering that the baby tree peonies and their …
The Great Garden Renovation (TGGR) Progress Report for February 2018
The Great Garden Renovation, hereinafter referred to as TGGR (pronounced “tigger”) resumed in earnest late last month as winter appeared …
