Posts Tagged ‘garden maintenance’
Gardening with a Light Touch: Hugh Johnson’s Reflections on Weeding and Wildness
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 12, 2012 Dearest garden reader, On this day, the eminent gardener and writer Hugh Johnson, known for his celebrated books such as Trees and The Principles of Gardening, shared a charming reflection…
Read MoreThe Quiet Revolutionary: Marian Coffin’s Garden Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 16, 1876 Dearest garden enthusiasts, while suffragettes and revolutionaries may not trumpet her name, today we celebrate a quiet revolutionary who transformed American landscape architecture through sheer determination and artistic brilliance. Young…
Read MoreThe Painter’s Garden: Anna Massey Lea Merritt’s Natural Inspirations
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 13, 1844 On this day, a most extraordinary soul entered our world – Anna Massey Lea Merritt, whose life would bloom like a carefully tended English garden, rich with both artistic achievement…
Read MoreIrrigation Startup Tip: Use Your Ears
After you turn on your irrigation system for the first time, walk around each zone and LISTEN – for gurgles, bubbles, and the sound of running water. You’ll often hear it before you see it. This post was featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: helping gardeners find their roots, one story at a time A pop-up…
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