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Unnatural Acts
Gardening is an unnatural act. Here we are, lovers of nature, birds, bees, green stuff, and what do we do? We go outside and dig it up, turn the tiny world of our gardens upside down, and start interfering every which way. Continue reading
Posted in animal life, garden tasks, plants, seasons
Tagged achillea (yarrow), aster (Symphyotrichum), balloon flower, Baptisia, bearded iris, bee balm (Monarda fistulosa), black swallowtail, blazing star (Liatris spicata), blue star (Amsonia tabernaemontana), blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium), Butterfly bush, cardinal flower, Carolina lupine (Thermopsis villosa), coneflower (Echinacea), fall cleanup, foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), Garden in the Woods, golden Alexander (Zizia aurea), hibiscus, hori hori, hyssop (Agastache), Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium), Leave It Lie, lupine (hybrid), milkweed (Asclepias), moss phlox (Phlox subulata), Native Plant Trust, native plants, No Mow May, prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa), red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), sneezeweed (Helenium), sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis), tickseed (Coreopsis), trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens), wood poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
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November miscellany
It was a grab-bag week, so this is a grab-bag post. Cold cold weather is rolling in and back, in and back, and I’ve been scrambling to get this ‘n’ that done as time and weather permitted. Now it’s urgent for me to figure out the priorities for any action that involves digging into the ground. I say priorities, because I’m afraid I’ve reached Triage Day. Today. Continue reading
Posted in fall, garden tasks, pests and problems, soil
Tagged bearded iris, cleanup, geranium, mice, mulch, peppermint oil, raised beds, Siberian iris, yard waste
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