Monthly Archives: September 2016
Garden Travel: Santa Fe September 30th, 2016
Water water never where so what’s a garden to drink….. As part of a design conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico I got to visit several private gardens to see how the designers here adapt to the lack of water and harsher environment. Most of the remote homes has some sort of rainwater collection system, whether from …
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Garden Travel: Scotland September 29th, 2016
Scotland We traveled to Scotland mid May, while the countryside is amazingly beautiful – much of it was just coming out of winter dormancy so it isn’t necessarily the best time of year to visit gardens. The heaths and heathers from a distance looked like they were still recovering from winter dormancy, but close up you …
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Garden Travel- Netherlands Gardens September 4th, 2016
Other Netherlands Gardens While there are hundreds of gardens in the Netherlands and I have wrote about a few of the more prominent ones I visited in previous posts here I am just going to summarize a few of the remaining ones we visited where the garden were only a part of what was offered. …
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Monthly Gardening Tasks – September September 1st, 2016
Tasks for September Irrigation controller seasonal adjustment should be set to 70% Fruit trees are bearing, so water frequently and deeply for plump fruit. Plant winter vegetables while the soil is still warm- broccoli, cauliflower, snow peas, cabbage, and beets, onions etc Prune all sap bleeders such as maple, walnut and large magnolias Apply pre-emergent …
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