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Planting Dates for Arlington and Alexandria
Check out this chart for 2018 Planting Dates for Arlington and Alexandria! Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Public Education
Tagged gardening, Planting, spring
Crazy Mixed up February (and March!)
by Judy Funderburk, Master Gardener “Spring” … sprung or unsprung? In the middle of what is supposed to be winter, when the days are still relatively short and the nights long, the plants in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden are … Continue reading
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (This Odd Season Called Spring)
We’ve edged into May, smack in the middle of spring. The delight we gardeners take in the arrival of the season has been tested this year. After the long cold winter, spring finally arrived about mid-April. And then it had second thoughts and retreated, only to turn the heat up to almost 80 for a day or two and then retreat again. Rain has fallen pretty regularly. So while we can’t quite trust the season (what’s new about that? “April is the cruelest month,” said the poet in 1922) and we struggle with its fickleness, still we rejoice. And then we take stock of what winter meant to our particular plots: What died, what lived, how is the seasonal progression going this year? Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Public Education, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged " spring bulbs, "April is the cruelest month, anemones, celandine poppies, cherry blossoms, crabapples, crocuses, daffodils, dogwoods, ephemerals, forest, gardening, Hellebores, hyacinths, magnolias, May, petals, poppies, redbuds, spring, squirrels, tulips, wood phlox
VIEW FROM THE GARDEN
It’s the time of year when Gardeners talk enthusiastically about “Spring Ephemerals,” using this term to describe native wildflowers, such as Virginia Bluebells, Trout Lily, Toothwort, Spring Beauty, Bloodroot, Trillium and Woodland Phlox. The word ‘ephemeral’ often means short-lived, but in the case of native plants, transitory is more accurate. Continue reading
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The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (The Garden as Artifact)
The Garden as Artifact By Christa Watters Garden: n. Planted area of ground, a plot of ground where plants such as fruits, vegetables and flowers are grown. (Latin origin hortus garda implies a closed area. Ultimately from a prehistoric German … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, buds, climate change, December solstice, deciduous, evergreens, fruits, garden bone structure, garden structure, gardening, horticulture, invasive species, Master Gardeners, midwinter, seed catalogs, Seeds, shrubs, Simpson Gardens, snow, spring, spring equinox, Trees, vegetables, wildlife, Winter, winter gardens, winter interest
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (The Bare Bones of the Garden)
The Bare Bones of the Garden By Christa Watters Here we are at midwinter, halfway between the December solstice and the spring equinox. It’s a hard time for gardeners, a time when the garden seems to sleep and it is mostly … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, buds, December solstice, deciduous, evergreens, garden bone structure, garden structure, gardening, horticulture, Master Gardeners, midwinter, sap, seed catalogs, Seeds, shrubs, snow, spring, spring equinox, Trees, winter gardens, winter interest
