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  • Dividing Bulbs

    It happens every year. The spring bulbs begin to flower and I realize that I need a lot more of them. The empty spots in my beds and borders cry out to be filled. I make notes about the situation in my garden diary so that I will remember to buy more bulbs in the fall, but I also do something more immediate...
    Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 04-02-2008
  • A Little Spring

    If you are one of the foresighted people who chilled some crocus, daffodil or hyacinth bulbs last fall for "forcing" indoors, you are probably enjoying their spring flowers right now. Most people are not that organized. Fortunately there is no shame in buying a pot (or two or three) of blooming...
    Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 03-07-2008
  • Seasonal Change

    The equinox has not arrived yet, but today I felt seasonal change as I finished fall chores and started on winter ones. We had snow on the ground yesterday, so bulb-planting season is officially over. There were a few assorted spring-flowering bulbs lying forgotten in the garage, so I gathered them together...
    Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 12-03-2007
  • In Praise of Stripes

    Today I threw caution to the wind and planted a lot of striped tulips. Of course, it is fall, and nobody will know about this rash act until the tulips bloom next spring, but I feel as if I have committed a small act of rebellion. For years I maintained a pastel color scheme in my front garden. I bought...
    Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 10-31-2007
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