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• Recent Autumn Excursions

  Saturday, October 24th, 2009

  The places I’ve been this Autumn (2009)

  Jacobsburg State Park

  Appalachian Trail Hike

  Appalachian Trail

  Autumn Reflections

• The Shrubs I Know

  Sunday, May 31st, 2009

  As a young gardener, I shied away from shrubs, considering them to be boring green squares that only ate up garden space and required maintenance.  As my garden and I have matured, I have discovered shrubs to be reliable friends that have endeared themselves to my heart. View My Shrubs Page

• How to ‘force’ blooms early

  Friday, April 4th, 2008

  The term forcing is used to describe the manipulation of plant material such as bulbs or flowering hardwood branches to bloom earlier or at a time other than that occurring in nature.  In other words, we can fool the flowers into blooming when we want.
  The easiest flowers to force are the spring bloomers such as […]

• Let’s Look at Iris Reticulata

  Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

  This diminutive plant is hardy in my zone 6 region.  This particular clump is growing in a friend’s garden, and in full bloom now; a wonderful addition to the early spring garden.  This plant is a fine companion to the more common spring flowers such as crocus, snowdrops and early daffodils.  
  Iris reticulata are easy to cultivate, requiring little […]

• Happy Valentines Day!

  Monday, February 11th, 2008

  This site and domain was gifted me by a good friend and fellow gardener.
  I am pursuing a degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design
  so be looking for discussion of all things so related.