by Jeannie | Dec 22, 2016 | Tis The Season
Out of the Darkness and Into the Light… Onions skins very thin, mild winter moving in. I read this expression in The Old Farmer’s Almanac website. Do any of you grow onions? Can you give us a local report? I have a penchant for Vidalia’s therefore I...
by Jeannie | Dec 15, 2016 | Tis The Season
Last week I featured Katie in my newsletter. Right now, she has settled in on my lap for a winter’s nap, duration to be determined. Or until the box truck pulls up to the curb in which case she will be up like a shot to defend me. Aside that, it’s cold...
by Jeannie | Dec 8, 2016 | Tis The Season
Just before Thanksgiving, a friend bemoaned an attack of “stomach flu.” Oooooo Gives me the eebeegeebees just thinking about it, especially at holiday time. Another friend, trying to keep things in perspective, said, “Hey–I’m about a...
by Jeannie | Dec 1, 2016 | Tis The Season
Season of Light… The garden is still, quiet, and a morning mist lingers following yesterday’s rain. Cranberry Viburnum leaves, the last lemon-yellow gold of the year, fall away, a singular bright spot at the back of the garden path as a leaf puddle against...
by Jeannie | Nov 17, 2016 | Plants, Tis The Season
Last night Rob and I went into Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society Award Reception, a celebration for the Green Garden contest I won. It was a proud and happy night for me and a wonderful way to salute the garden year. On a large, flatscreen TV,...
by Jeannie | Nov 10, 2016 | Tis The Season
“Small pleasure must correct great tragedies, Therefore of gardens in the midst of war I boldly tell.” …….Vita Sackville-West So opens a wonderful book called Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime by Kenneth Helphand. This fascinating book...