Kerry’s Garden

Since we are a little bit too far north for the black bamboo to survive the winters it must be taken in each winter. Truth be told, this poor fella hasn’t been outside in over a year. It spent the winter of 06/07 and most of 07 in my office and last winter [...]

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Today was one of those days that started out rough (headache and a trip to the chiropractor) but I ended up getting a lot of little stuff done after a 2hr nap.
I transplanted some small containers of willow (scarlet curls and black maul from cuttings), lavender (2 minis I picked up from ebay), [...]

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A group of fellow gardeners and I have gotten together at work and formed a very loose and informal gardening group. Its really just more of a group of people interested in gardening than any kind of organized club. We have had a lunchtime presentation given by Eric (my landscape gardening mentor and [...]

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I had the neatest surprise today. CF brought a huge clump of hostas to my desk that she had dug out of her yard. I was going to put it in the ground asis but got brave and decided to divide it. It may be a little late but I decided to [...]

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There are four Hakuro Nishiki cuttings left from what I rec’d from Eric last year. I’ve given some away and a couple didn’t make it through the winter. The four left went into the ground near the front porch. They will get morning sun there. Being out of the all day [...]

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This is the first time I’ve dared to look since Saturday. We may or may not get a freeze tonight but it should be about the last one for this round and it shouldn’t be anywhere near as cold as it has been. I’ll take another inventory in the coming weeks to see [...]

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We have some very old silver maple trees on our street. According to the arborist that came to remove several of the trees in my neighbor’s yard, about 100 years old. Now I am the last person to advocate the removal of trees just because and certainly not ones this old but a [...]

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