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Lois de Vries' Garden Views: April 2013

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Lois de Vries' Garden Views. Thoughts on Sustainable Gardening and Environmental Issues. Cinqo de Mayo Rose. I t seems that the medical establishment is just catching up with what inner gardeners everywhere already know: Mindfulness meditation is good for us and can reduce stress-related illnesses and boost the immune system. According to Dr. Hillary Campbell, as quoted in a recent Sacramento Bee article,. Http:/ www.sacbee.com/2013/04/01/5306627/medical-establishment-ponders.html. This year, my inner ga...

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Lois de Vries' Garden Views: February 2014

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Lois de Vries' Garden Views. Thoughts on Sustainable Gardening and Environmental Issues. Share The Love - give me a piece of your mind. Image courtesy of Stuart Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos.net. I’ll be closing it on Valentine’s Day. If you don’t already subscribe to my newsletter, just enter your email in the form below. To view samples, go to http:/ bit.ly/giAdBK. Powered by us.groups.yahoo.com. Posted by Lois J. de Vries. The Transformational Power of Gardening. Subscribe to: Posts ( Atom ). I served on my...

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Lois de Vries' Garden Views: The Eagles Have Landed

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Lois de Vries' Garden Views. Thoughts on Sustainable Gardening and Environmental Issues. The Eagles Have Landed. The Duke Farms eagles, that is. By 7:17 this morning when the screenshot was taken, one chick had hatched and another was pipping. The third chick is not due until Sunday but, since the first two were late in arriving, it's likely the third one will be, as well. You can watch live at: http:/ www.dukefarms.org/en/Stewardship/WildlifeCams/eagle-cam/. Posted by Lois J. de Vries. I served on my lo...

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dirty horticulture: Stonecrop Gardens and the Pinnacle Posse

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Sunday, April 26, 2009. Stonecrop Gardens and the Pinnacle Posse. What brought us out to Stonecrop Gardens on Saturday morning? It was the garden's annual spring sale of all things alpine: charming and diminutive plants, hypertufa troughs, and tufa rock for sale. And of course, all this was decorated by the obsessive niche group who love this kind of gardening. Stonecrop is garden/home of Frank Cabot. Founder of the Garden Conservancy. Well, thankfully, Stonecrop. This was the first time I've seen so man...

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dirty horticulture: December 2012

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Thursday, December 27, 2012. The shape of things to come . . . To appreciate and find pleasure in curiously curved potted trees is to love deformity. Excerpt from a Japanese scroll, Kamakura period, 1185-1333. Appreciate the art of bonsai? At Shanti Bithi Nursery. Saeko Oshiro is the bonsai specialist who trains, and maintains the impressive collection of bonsai specimens "behind the fence" of the white country house that serves as the Shanti Bithi office. Over 100 years old. To develop a fine bonsai col...

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dirty horticulture: December 2008

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Monday, December 22, 2008. To mulch, or not to mulch? A protective covering, usually of organic matter such as leaves, straw, or peat, placed around plants to prevent the evaporation of moisture, the freezing of roots, and the growth of weeds. A Sonnet for Seasons. Naked mounds of summer, exposed and cold,. Their sultry display now a memory. A modest shawl too soon could not be sold. To cover a promise so savory. The weight of winter falls dark upon them. Subterranean now, the stage is set . This moderat...

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dirty horticulture: June 2008

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008. PLANT OF MY WEEK: Cape fuchsia. Say 'Hi' to . 160; a.k.a. . Cape fuchsia. An exotic tender perennial native to South Africa, this plant sports some for-real funk (as do most of S. African plant life).  . This plant stands out to me this week for a couple of reasons. First of all . . . HOW COOL! 160;I really love the architecture of the panicle. The pendulous and airy blossoms are irresistible to hummingbirds which makes this fascinating plant gorgeous  and. Sunday, June 22, 2008.

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dirty horticulture: A Resurrection

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Thursday, January 13, 2011. And it's been almost 2 years since my last post. (Wh- aaaa. It is winter, yet again, in the Northeast, and I find myself in the same frame of mind as when I started this blog in the first place: reflective, energized, in touch. Since the start of this blog, so much has been seen, noticed, recorded, unrecorded, and accomplished, that I am happy to share again with renewed focus and energy. So where the HELL have I been? So there you have that. I've also missed writing! I serve ...

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dirty horticulture: January 2013

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Thursday, January 3, 2013. Becky Heath quells my bulb-planting qualms. Springtime turned slooow-ly into aut-ummmmn" according to Bob Dylan. For me, here in the Hudson Valley, it was summer that turned unknowingly into winter. And that's just great! Because I didn't order my bulbs till about three weeks ago (not really that great). Brent and Becky's Bulbs. Had a killer 50% off sale, and while I was too late to get any Cyclamen coum. I did, however, get a couple thousand dollars worth of ah. So did I plant...

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dirty horticulture: Beyond Organic, Beyond Brooklyn . . .

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Friday, January 14, 2011. Beyond Organic, Beyond Brooklyn . . . My sister said I had to. Tell this story, that is. She visited us over the past holiday. She's not in NY that often, so when she is we usually go into Williamsburg, Brooklyn to visit our friend Greg. After a cozy morning of lounging with coffee and Scandinavian deliciousness from Bakeri. I asked Greg about a good local butcher. Without hesitation, he suggests the Meat Hook. Located within The Brooklyn Kitchen. Just that, immensely clever.