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Winter: The Quiet Season
Enjoy this lovely essay by Wendy Mills on winter dormancy. Continue reading
Posted in Garden Musings, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Tagged dormancy, Winter
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The Long View – Meditations on Gardening: Color and Texture Sustain the Winter Garden
One of a series of occasional essays by Christa Watters. Extension Master Gardener Color and Texture Sustain the Winter Garden It’s not all bleak out there, not even in our gardens. If we’ve planted wisely and well, plant life continues … Continue reading
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening: The Soft Season
Undefined, blurred, softened – that’s how the gardens look under snow. We call it harsh winter, but, in fact, it’s a soft season in many ways. We cannot garden outdoors during snow, nor trample the beds afterward while the soil is all soft and damp and sheltering the turmoil of life under the surface. So we ourselves get a little soft, physically, in terms of outdoor labor. Continue reading
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening: The Garden as Artifact
By Christa Watters, Extension Master Gardener The Garden as Artifact 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 … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
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