Thoughtful musings on various topics by interesting people at Blithewold
Therapy
Nearly everyone is badmouthing the weather. We are all, universally it seems, ready for spring by which we might all mean summer. We want to be warm now and surrounded by green growth and flowers … Read more.
Up cloche
The other day Gail brought in the new terrarium book – which happens to be called The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature by Tovah Martin. I haven’t read a word of … Read more.
Warm welcome
It was an Out Like a Lamb kind of day yesterday and we spent a portion of it in the mansion’s dining room with as many of the garden volunteers as we could coax into … Read more.
Oh deer…
Blithewold has been pretty lucky so far. For a while it seemed like there must be an invisible 8′ high barrier encircling the property but in the past couple-three (four?) years the phantom fence has … Read more.
On the coir bandwagon
When Fred (Blithewold’s dir. of hort.) suggested that Gail and I start making our own potting soil, we were totally game. We had already started looking into alternatives to our peat based mixes and were … Read more.
A jump on spring
The weather has been so mild this past week that we couldn’t help but be outside cleaning up – about two weeks ahead of last year. And I know we’re not alone – it seems … Read more.
Mid-March bloom day
Many thanks as always to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for thinking up and hosting a monthly blooming show and tell. I’m a little late to the Ides of March party but it’s a blow-out. … Read more.
Emerge
Take a pretty close look right about now and you’ll see it everywhere – spring is just poking it’s head out of the ground. The daffodils are 4 or 5 inches tall in some places, … Read more.
Snowed in spring
When I made my winter vacation request for last week I asked the universe for extra warm weather so that I could get a jump on spring. It snowed instead. But it really didn’t matter … Read more.
Force it
Anyone who has ever been to a flower show in February or March knows that the exhibitors work very hard to manipulate the seasons. We’re all so ready by now for winter’s end – especially … Read more.