tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post2966466214586190329..comments2024-03-28T15:53:31.986-04:00Comments on Salt Water New England: Sharing Garden Plants Salt Water New Englandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940851375677714833noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-61294918646666041872023-03-30T07:56:19.992-04:002023-03-30T07:56:19.992-04:00What wonderful photos! A most superb way to start ...What wonderful photos! A most superb way to start the day. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-48784683762890736132023-03-29T12:04:02.689-04:002023-03-29T12:04:02.689-04:00Golden glow? I wish I could find it somewhere. I&#...Golden glow? I wish I could find it somewhere. I've seen it growing wild in Maine along the sides of barns and old tumbledown capes. It's like a burst of instant sunshine. A friend once gave me some plants she claimed were golden glow, but alas they were not. Does anyone know where I might find some to transplant to my garden?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-78001583049460834072023-03-27T19:11:37.361-04:002023-03-27T19:11:37.361-04:00I've decided the only flowers I am going to be...I've decided the only flowers I am going to be fussy about are roses. Everything else has to manage with minimal interference and maintenance. As for the deer... well, let's not use that kind of language amongst good people. RCJHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-44103154887956870532021-02-24T10:40:22.261-05:002021-02-24T10:40:22.261-05:00I love lily of the valley and bluebells. I have b...I love lily of the valley and bluebells. I have both in my garden and try to keep all my gardens as native as possible with the exception of a few David Austin Roses. <br /><br />Good luck with the beekeeping. Thanks to a local mosquito control franchise, we no longer have honey bees and last year I could count on one hand the bumblebees I saw in my garden. The county beekeeper association was supposed to install hives in my garden this spring ( to help with fruit and veg production) but thanks to the pest control companies we agreed it was best to find a safer location. Additionally, I have to cut down all my fruit trees because they aren't producing enough healthy fruit anymore. <br />Talk to your local beekeepers about the health of their hives and any local threats before pursuing that (heartbreaking) hobby. <br /><br />Bee Hugger AKA Debbie DownerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-52675430904386776362021-02-22T10:19:23.926-05:002021-02-22T10:19:23.926-05:00As I am a city dweller for the moment, I don't...As I am a city dweller for the moment, I don't have a plot of land for trees and plants, however gardening and beekeeping are activities I fully intend to take up upon retirement. My childhood memories consist of planting a veg garden with my dear old Pa, and in my 20s and 30s, I kept beautiful roses. As I age, I am more intrigued by wildflowers, grasses and 'forest gardening', and I would love to have a patch dedicated to snowdrops and muguets (lilies of the valley), and to see more bluebells. TwistyTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127781091098128473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-40475847279474272882021-02-22T08:55:41.091-05:002021-02-22T08:55:41.091-05:00A garden full of memories, is truly a treasure in ...A garden full of memories, is truly a treasure in itself. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-86779097125488232792021-02-22T08:12:29.166-05:002021-02-22T08:12:29.166-05:00Gorgeous! Can’t wait for spring!Gorgeous! Can’t wait for spring!Kittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-57200085375806709772021-02-21T21:39:17.836-05:002021-02-21T21:39:17.836-05:00Muffy must have spring fever. I'll be glad wh...Muffy must have spring fever. I'll be glad when winter is over here in Michigan as well. It's been a tough one w/ my 95-year-old cattleman father dying of Covid-19 in January. Spring w/ all its' outdoor chores, will help clear the cobwebs of life and give us a fresh start!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-67844130280205134542021-02-21T16:45:19.951-05:002021-02-21T16:45:19.951-05:00What a marvelous recollection by anon. 2/21 10:29....What a marvelous recollection by anon. 2/21 10:29. I so enjoyed your heartfelt musings, especially your story about your Golden. Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />The Concord DiasporaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-27160955129350853152021-02-21T10:37:54.241-05:002021-02-21T10:37:54.241-05:00Averyl, I have lots of clover and wild violets in ...Averyl, I have lots of clover and wild violets in my old lawn. I admit that the violets are a nuisance when they end up in my flowerbeds but I wish that more people would worry less about certain 'weeds' because many 'weeds' are quite beneficial- especially to the bees and other pollinators in early spring. I don't mow the dandelions or the buttercups and in the spring I have large patches of tall grass in my lawn. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-87913450364600451122021-02-21T10:29:45.798-05:002021-02-21T10:29:45.798-05:00I also have a garden full of memories and I also r...I also have a garden full of memories and I also remember where every single plant comes from. Years ago I began a journal about all my plants. When I lose a plant, it's like losing a dear friend. My beloved dog Angus loved the large Stachys lambs ears and as a puppy, he would jump around them as if trying to get them to play with him. One of my former customers gave me a large piece of his Clivia that he had brought with him from Holland to the US as a child in the early 1900's. I now have 4 large Clivia. Oh, there are so many wonderful memories in my garden and of course, I've buried many beloved rabbits, birds and pets in the garden with their favorite plants as markers. My golden retriever Josie, loved daffodils for some reason. I have hundreds of pictures of her lying in them and sniffing them. When she was passing, I placed a large vase of daffodils next to her bed until she went to sleep. I still have one of those daffodils pressed in my journal. <br /><br />I knew my grandfather was a wonderful gardener ( I have many detailed memories of his gardens) but it wasn't until many years after he passed that I found a flower press and a detailed journal of all the flora he studied in his travels around the world. I was stunned that I never knew what a budding horticulturist he was! Now I know why I'm a genetically-forced horticulturist. He was an electrical engineer but an artist as well and his detailed artistic renderings in the journal resembled Linneaus's guide to taxonomy! One day I will donate his work to a horticultural society. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-24130428221037638792021-02-21T09:06:27.596-05:002021-02-21T09:06:27.596-05:00This is a sweet post. I live in an older Maine hou...This is a sweet post. I live in an older Maine house with a mix of perennials from the previous owners and perennials of ill repute that were store bought from the local nursery after I moved in over a decade ago. :) Something I've noticed between the older homes and newer cookie cutter developments is that the former tends to embrace wild clover in the lawn which I do as well. Averylhttps://simplelivingnewengland.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-6099615523388542382021-02-21T08:31:02.201-05:002021-02-21T08:31:02.201-05:00What a beautiful collection of photos, reflections...What a beautiful collection of photos, reflections, and testimonials. It was comforting to hear the names of the plants of my childhood. I live in Austin now and have fully committed to the use of native plants, all perennials or things that reseed themselves readily. Most of the plant sharing in which I engage, therefore, is seeds. When a neighbor admires my yard and stops to chat, if they are not already native plant gardeners, the odds are good they will leave with inland sea oats or cedar salvia seeds for their shady areas and zexmenia, tall asters, or Hill Country penstemon for their sunny areas. I have not had good luck planting chiltepins from seed. Thankfully, the birds oblige, and I am always finding new bushes when the tiny and zippy peppers turn bright red in the fall. I share those peppers I don't eat. My beauty berry bushes have a ring of babies around them, and I am looking for new homes for them. Our recent snow and ice storms knocked a lot of pads off of a large spineless cactus. I'll toss a few here and there to plant new cacti. Tim Irvinenoreply@blogger.com