By John, on May 12th, 2009 |
 For the past few years I’ve watched every spring as clumps of small white flowers emerge from clumps of what looks like waxy variegated grass. I don’t know how they found their way onto my property but they seem to thrive in the semi-shade on the north side of my property under the trees and even in the lawn. I liked them so much that I dug up several bunches of the bulbs and …continue reading
By John, on April 27th, 2009 |
 A fine weekend plus a little motivation can yield results. I planted a grapevine about 8 years ago but the location wasn’t as sunny as it should have been and the vine grew slowly. I finally pulled it two years ago and have had it in the back of my mind to find a nice sunny south-facing location to give it another go. My blackberry project last weekend turned out so well that I thought I’d replicate it for my grape project. I went again with …continue reading
By John, on April 22nd, 2009 |
This is an experiment for me. Last year was my first stab at growing berries. I purchased 10 small canes at Lowes (5 red raspberry, 5 black raspberry). All appeared alive and healthy and I found a spare patch of ground in a out-of-the-way spot to plant them. Unfortunately, over the season 6 of the 10 didn’t make. The four surviving specimens are beginning to leaf out now but they are small.
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By John, on April 22nd, 2009 |
 Last year we built a raised bed and planted 40 Jersey Giant asparagus plants. Over the summer they all came up and we had a beautiful “wall” of 3-4 ft high fronds. This is now the second season for the plants and supposedly we can do a light harvest so I carefully cut about 5 of the stalks to sample. Just like everything else in the garden, fresh asparagus is so much juicier and flavorful than …continue reading
By John, on April 22nd, 2009 |
When we updated our property four years ago our landscape architect specified about 20 blue fescues for a south-facing area. It was a nice design but the climate and soil conditions proved too harsh for these grasses and they slowly succumbed. At this point about two-thirds of them are dead or near dead so I decided to salvage what few I could and move them to a shadier location on the north side of my house. The next step is to …continue reading
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For the past few years I’ve watched every spring as clumps of small white flowers emerge from clumps of what looks like waxy variegated grass. I don’t know how they found their way onto my property but they seem to thrive in the semi-shade on the north side of my property under the trees and even in the lawn. I liked them so much that I dug up several bunches of the bulbs and …continue reading
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