Thoughtful musings on various topics by interesting people at Blithewold
Spring forward
Even though the forsythia hasn’t bloomed yet, we declared it time to prune the roses. We can tell that the roses are ready because their buds have swelled and the Ballerinas in the North Garden … Read more.
An Evening at the Opera
An Evening at the Opera, 1912 Bessie and William McKee spent their winters in Boston at their large, elegant townhouse on Commonwealth Avenue. Among their favorite entertainments was the Opera. They were members of the Boston … Read more.
Washout
We were about to open for the season. Even though the daffodils in the Bosquet aren’t quite in bloom yet, the grounds and gardens looked spiffed and ready for a spring hurrah. And then over this … Read more.
Shedding the springter blues
Just as spring was beginning to assert itself — Iris reticulata opened the other day, the daffodils are up and some are budded, Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) buds have cracked open — winter hurled another … Read more.
Pop Quiz Answers by Dan Christina
A little later than I had hoped but here are the answers! I definitely had a couple challenging ones up here, but kudos to all who tried! Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood Cryptomeria japonica Japanese Cedar … Read more.
Spring cleaning
According to the calendar — and the redwing blackbirds — the pendulum between winter and summer has finally swung into spring. Huzzah! (Never mind next week’s forecast.) To celebrate, we did some extremely gratifying spring … Read more.
March ado
I’m not even going to bother go in search for spring outside today because it looks and feels too much like winter again. Blustery. Bitter cold. Snowy, even (though nothing compared to other parts of … Read more.
Seeds! Seeds! Seeds! by Dan Christina
At a time when we are getting in full swing for our opening, I somehow have managed to get a quick vacation planned for this coming week. While I am looking forward to the relaxation … Read more.
Pop Quiz!
Since Kris is off this week I decided I would double up on posts and change the format a little bit. Below are an assortment of cones (and one non conifer). Can you give all … Read more.
Snow Seeding revisited by Dan Christina
Well… Here are the results of a very early (for us) seeding. As I mentioned a couple weeks ago in my post, Snow Seeding, I started two lettuce and two spinach varieties, and the light was … Read more.