Some simple tips for putting your gardens to bed til spring…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: SPARKLING THE FALL GARDEN
Summer flew by in record time. Yesterday we were planning and prepping our beds for summer gardening. Today we’re bemoaning the very first frost-blackened tips and thinking…ok, time to put energy to clean-up!
FROM THE ARCHIVES: WILD GREENS N’ FIDDLEHEADS
The weeds of spring are delicate and delicious...just call them wild greens...and good for you, too! A rich source of Vitamins A and C. A blog entry from The Grist with recipes for what you might otherwise curse. We had a call yesterday, asking for fiddlehead ferns. Fiddleheads are not a variety of fern...they are the tender, young, unfurled fronds ...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: WEARING WINTER WHITE
Today’s snow was of the large-flaked, fluffy type. Just beautiful. The first such snow we’ve had this year. The way the snow collects on trees and shrubs and what remains of summer plants reminds us of the four-season beauty of the landscape.