Thoughtful musings on various topics by interesting people at Blithewold
January bloom search
Depending on where you live, it can take a treasure hunt to find something blooming during the middle of winter. Some people go south to find color – the Caribbean, for instance, would be a … Read more.
365 days
“Nothing lasts.” That might sound pessimistic to the average bear but to a gardener it’s a liberating, life affirming and exciting truth. Yesterday a lucky group of gardeners and Blithewold supporters had the pleasure of … Read more.
Fall feast
It might all be eye candy but it’s delicious outside! Yesterday was one of those amazing, quintessentially New England, fall days – cloudless cerulean sky framing the blazing end of the earth’s color spectrum – … Read more.
Mid October Bloom Day
A few typical October flowers opened just in time for bloom day today so without further ado, here are the Chrysanthemums or are they Dendranthema? Whatever their name is, the ‘Sheffield Pink’ (left) never fails … Read more.
Fall roses
If you missed Fall Gardeners Day at Blithewold last weekend then I’m sorry to say you missed Mike Chute’s info packed lecture on roses and, I for one, learned something new. – But then again … Read more.
September blooms
It’s time once again for a blooming Blithewold inventory and a mid month visit to blooming gardens around the world. Garden Bloggers Bloom day is still graciously hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens (Check … Read more.
Sow happy
I think there’s a whole lot of “necessary” and not a lot of “evil” (see the previous post) when it comes to seed annuals. It’s true that they cost the moon as pushed plants in … Read more.
Any excuse for a party
It’s summertime (the living is easy) and it’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – those are reasons enough for me to want to eat, drink and be generally merry. But not only that, Blithewold is 100 … Read more.
It’s easy being green …
… with envy! Today dawned as an envious day – the kind of day that calls out for a sit in a shady sea breeze with a fistfull of watermelon and an icy lemonade. How … Read more.
Music to my eyes
Sometimes when I’m doing something tedious like watering I’ll get a random song on repeat in my head – usually a catchy ditty that I can’t stand and can’t tune out and I never know … Read more.