Category Archives: Garden: A Love Story

The journal of my gardening exploits.

The Healing Green of Sprouts Under Lights

Posted on April 1, 2011 by literarylee

March 13, 2010 I moved the lights up one link in the chain that suspends it over the beautiful, green, increasingly lush young plants.  Twelve one inch high smokey green cabbage plants stand on the far right side.  Each plant’s … Continue reading →

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Motley Guard Detail

Posted on March 31, 2011 by literarylee
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Trouble in (my garden) Paradise

Posted on March 31, 2011 by literarylee

Seed Situation O.K. not trouble, necessarily, but issues.  Like seeds I’m starting.  Some are doing well.  I’ll have plenty of tomatoes, for example.  Also basil, cilantro, and ground cherries.  However, two that I care about a lot, eggplant and peppers, … Continue reading →

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Steaming Spring Ferment

Posted on March 29, 2011 by literarylee

A rite of spring in this gardened, landscaped, greenspaced city on a hill is the annual Application of the Mulch.  This Festival begins mid to late March and continues through much of April.  Walking to work from the bus stop … Continue reading →

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Garden Notes 3/26

Posted on March 27, 2011 by literarylee

Snow expected tonight.  Still agog.  Covered lettuce, spinach, radishes, bok choi in Jones with plastic row covers.  Conversely and humorously planted seven lettuce seedlings in Smith hours before predicted snow but didn’t cover those at all.  Been sitting out all … Continue reading →

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Pansies: A True Misnomer

Posted on March 24, 2011 by literarylee

How did the word pansy ever come to mean weak and ineffective?  There must be a fragile plant whose name better deserves this honor like, “Hey pal, don’t be such an orchid!”  (I’m guessing orchid growers will tell me how … Continue reading →

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What I learned about a Crocus

Posted on March 22, 2011 by literarylee

A crocus is a triangle, a tripartite creation.  Until now, I had no idea.  I normally look at crocuses from the side and see pretty purple, yellow or white flowers only a few inches from the ground, with petals expanding … Continue reading →

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Blossoms Galore

Posted on March 21, 2011 by literarylee

March 21, 2011 (Vernal Equinox – First Day of Spring) I love blossoms.  Flowers of all sorts thrill and amaze me, but blossoms, especially spring’s first ones, almost defy words to do them justice. Blossoms fascinate.  I will never forget … Continue reading →

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The Blossoms Cry Out

Posted on March 21, 2011 by literarylee

Look upon me ye world weary, tired of winter’s stark, spare beauty. Breathe deeply of us all cynics who despair of ever breathing a fragrance worth inhaling. Marvel, oh people, before our vast tribe’s numberless multitude.

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Garden: A Love Story – Introduction

Posted on March 18, 2011 by literarylee

A Surgery Planted the Seed Thank goodness for my mother’s back surgery.  No, not really.  I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.  Nevertheless, it was her operation that first opened the door to me, at age 15, to the world of the garden.  Though mom’s surgery was successful … Continue reading →

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