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chris m.
Upstate New York
Retired Master Gardener
Interests: gardening
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Good to have names of other violets worth having. Thanks, jeff z.
Commented May 11, 2011 on The Second Best Time of Year at Garden Rant
The Second Best Time of Year
Okay, my favorite moment in the garden is September, when the summer vegetables are still going strong and the fall crops are starting to come in and there is never a better moment all year to cook gorgeous meals. But second best is this moment, which has nothing to do with dinner: the moment ...
You're right, right now everything looks fresh & green and peaceful. We have a lush carpet of Lilies of the valley surrounding an old maple that looked good even before blooming.
I did almost nothing to deserve this, except weeding/feeding, which may be why I'm enjoying it so.
The Lilacs have come, and gone. I cut several bouquets which I had for about 30 hours but the glorious scent makes it worthwhile.
Yes, the little violets are terrific, I leave mine in and even pick them for little pots.
I have the white stripped one which I think is called 'Freckles'; this is pretty, too.
Heck at this time of the year even the Dandelions look good!
Commented May 11, 2011 on The Second Best Time of Year at Garden Rant
The Second Best Time of Year
Okay, my favorite moment in the garden is September, when the summer vegetables are still going strong and the fall crops are starting to come in and there is never a better moment all year to cook gorgeous meals. But second best is this moment, which has nothing to do with dinner: the moment ...
I want to ask a simple questions:
how can I return to Garden Rant to see the latest entry?
I have bookedmarked it but of course I only get the page I bookmarked.
There must be a trick I don't know...actually there are probably many tricks I don't know!
Thanks, I love and recommend your rant to everyone!
Commented Jan 5, 2010 on Martha Stewart gets fact-checked by hort professor at Garden Rant
Martha Stewart gets fact-checked by hort professor
Look out, Martha, coz none other than award-winning hort professor Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott is watching you - and correcting your mistakes. Take this interview you did for NPR. Here's some of what Linda has this to say about it on her team blog. She's a proponent of organic food (as are many...
I think sedums are your best bet...we have sedum acre growing through blacktop at the edge of a country road...plenty of snow & salt.
Also good would be the indistructible Liriope, or a patch of mondo grass.
The stones look great.
Commented Sep 4, 2009 on Where did the Thyme Go? at Garden Rant
Where did the Thyme Go?
Guest Rant by Kathleen McCoy A few years ago the town repaved the street and put in new curbs on our dead end block in Montclair, New Jersey. Instead of reseeding the strip between the sidewalk and the street in my front yard with grass, I put in a rock garden. This fit into my agenda of re...
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