garden maintenance
By root2shoot on Sunday, May. 15, 2016 - 4:40 pm
By root2shoot on Saturday, Apr. 30, 2016 - 3:59 pm
By root2shoot on Saturday, Apr. 23, 2016 - 11:27 am
Hyacinths are flowers known and loved for their fragrance. In in the Catskills, these early spring bulbs are planted in the garden and are most effective when located near the doorstep, where their fragrance welcomes the passerby. Many millions more... Read more
By root2shoot on Friday, Apr. 8, 2016 - 9:53 am
Face to face with the spider Callobius (picture above)
This last week’s snowfall made a post about spring garden flowers seem somewhat unseasonal. During the warm spell preceding the snow fall, however, I sampled some leaf litter from my backyard, and I... Read more
By root2shoot on Friday, Apr. 1, 2016 - 9:46 am
Maples are not considered by most folks to be a flowering tree. Most people won’t even notice them until the fallen flowers collect on the windshields of their vehicles.
A single female flower
Close up, maples flowers are recognizable as flowers. Red... Read more
By root2shoot on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2016 - 7:57 pm
There’s an orgy going on underfoot. In that thin film of water that coats the ground on a wet day, the sex cells of these primitive plants are on the move.
The mosses were among the first plants to live on the land, while seaweeds and freshwater algae... Read more
By root2shoot on Thursday, Mar. 17, 2016 - 7:24 pm
Some of the earliest blooming iris, in fact some of the earliest blooming flowers, are the iris commercially available as Rock Garden Iris or Dwarf Iris. They often bloom concurrently with crocus here in the Catskills, and are comparable to crocus in size... Read more
By root2shoot on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2016 - 8:08 pm
Spring is beginning here in the Catskills! This post surveys the earliest spring flowers, blooming now or within the next few weeks. The plants producing these flowers are small but the flowers are relatively large and conspicuous, standing out sharply... Read more
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