Category Archives: Country Gardening

Advice, commentary and exploration

In A Vase On Monday – Spring Fling

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Eliza Waters

Flowers are bursting forth, birds are nesting… Spring is all about sex and reproduction – a spring fling! My narcissi are from collections bought long ago, so no ID. The lovely lemon-yellow Butterfly narcissus just opened and the miniature golden trumpet daffodils … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 2017

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Eliza Waters

As you probably are aware, April 22 is Earth Day, when we celebrate our beautiful Mother Earth. However for gardeners, I think every day is Earth Day, in that we demonstrate caring for the planet through our gardens. It distresses … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – Pink Hyacinth

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Eliza Waters

With a week of above normal temperatures, at last my garden is beginning to grow and bloom. Last week everything was tightly budded, but this week is a different story. I had cut a few branches of Japanese quince (Chaenomeles × superba) to … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Eliza Waters
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In A Vase On Monday – Snowdrops

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Eliza Waters

As you can see, we still have snow! Four inches of ‘mixed’ precipitation fell on Friday into Saturday as Mother Nature played her April Fool’s joke. However, it is melting rapidly on this sunny day, where our high is 47F … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Eliza Waters

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The Tuesday View March 21

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Eliza Waters

Just wanted to show why I’m still not posting any spring flower photos. As you can see, it’ll be a while yet. With a nod to Cathy at Words and Herbs, who hosts a weekly meme of photos taken of the same … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – Fothergilla

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Eliza Waters

After a mishap destroyed half my Witch-Alder shrub (Fothergilla major) in front of my porch, rather than throw the branches in the brush pile, I thought I’d try to force them into bloom. A marvelous native plant, its honey-scented, bottle-brush 1-3″ … Continue reading →

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March Comes In Like a Lion, Goes Out Like a Lamb

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Eliza Waters

“March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb.”  ~ Proverb Here in New England during March, we can experience a broad range of weather from raging blizzard, like Tuesday’s storm Stella, to warm days with temperatures reaching … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – Hydrangea & Potpourri

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Eliza Waters

Collected in October, these dried hydrangea (H. paniculata) look as fresh as the day I picked them. Arrange and forget, what can be easier? Eventually, they will lose their color and fade once humidity returns in late spring and early summer. … Continue reading →

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