Mary Beth: I love this time of year. It’s a time when I like to make a few changes in the garden beds. Some work, some don’t and, while the main bones of the garden will always be the same, it’s fun to have a few surprises to look forward to the next year. And [...]
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Ch-Ch-Changes
Posted in Block Island, Colorado, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, Blue Star Amsonia, Changes, Colorado, Flowers, Garden, Garden Planning, Gardening, Island, Poppies, Raised Bed Gardening, raised beds, Transplanting, Vegetable Garden on September 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Garden Dreams: Flowers
Posted in Bees, Block Island, Flowers, Garden, Honey, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Gardening, Garden, Flowers, Blossoms, Plants, Island, Roses, Flower Photography, Flower Beds, Lilies, Nasturtium, Love-in-a-Mist, Veronica, Oriental Lillies, Balloon Flower, Coneflower, Echinacea, Hydrangea, Clematis, Wisteria, Astilbe, Bonica Rose, Daisies, Black-eyed Susans, Sunflower, St. John's Wort on August 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Barbara: The vegetable garden provides us with deeply-appreciated sustenance for body and soul, but the flower garden is a feast for the eyes, not to mention an irresistible draw for bees and humans (especially humans with cameras).
I’ve indulged in the written word in the past two posts. This time I’ll let the images speak for [...]
Garden Dreams: The Vegetable Garden
Posted in Block Island, California, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, California, Deer Fence, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Island, Ocean, Organic, Plants, Raised bed, Raised Bed Gardening, Raised Bed Vegetable Garden, Vegetable Garden on August 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Barbara: A few days ago I shared the story of how my Dad started gardening on Block Island and how my sister helped him after he became ill. Until he passed in 2004, Dad and Mary Beth worked side-by-side and built on the bones of the garden he started back in the summer of 1968. [...]
Garden Dreams
Posted in Block Island, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, Deer, Dogs, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Island, Ocean, Plants, Roses, Seedlings, Summer, Vegetable Garden on August 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Barbara: Once upon a time my parents dreamed of a place where they could live by the sea with their five children during lazy summers. So in the winter of 1964 my mom pored over the rental ads in the Sunday New York Times. She found a tiny ad for a summer cottage on Block [...]
Tomato, Tomahto
Posted in Block Island, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Island, Seaweed, Seedlings, Tomato Varieties, Tomatoes, Vegetable Garden on April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MB: This is the time of year when everyone’s daydreaming about their vegetable gardens and the star of the dream is usually the tomato. Everybody has their favorite tomato — or ten. The reasons for these preferences are as numerous as the varieties of this delectable vegetable. (And don’t start with the “Is it a [...]
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