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Oakleaf Green Makes an Appearance (Literally) On the Shelves Your Local Bookstore Again

Andrew — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:24:41 +0000

You heard right: Oakleaf Green and I are back for seconds in the February 2010 issue of Fine Gardening magazine, available at better bookstores and magazine sellers everywhere! This issue’s article is a review of my terrific little electric chipper, the McCulloch MCS2001. This isn’t your grandfather’s chipper! It’s light duty, and does a terrific job [...]

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Oakleaf Green Makes an Appearance (Literally) On the Shelves Your Local Bookstore Again

Oakleaf Green Hits Newsstands Nationwide in Fine Gardening

Andrew — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:32:48 +0000

That’s right, folks, Oakleaf Green and I make our national print debut in the October issue of Fine Gardening magazine, which actually hits newsstands right about now. My former journalism professors, English teachers, and my mother will be so proud! Check your local listings, e.g. Barnes & Noble, Borders, or similar. Tremendous thanks to Associate Editor [...]

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: June 2009

Andrew — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:28:35 +0000

It’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day again! Let’s talk about what’s blooming in my garden. The answer to that would be: lots. June is when the garden really comes into its own, especially if there’s been rain, and in the past two weeks there’s been PLENTY. Click photos to enlarge. Verbascum ‘Southern Charm’ is a floppy mullein [...]

In Search of the Drought-Tolerant Hanging Basket

Andrew — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:00:02 +0000

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was featured on About.com’s Guide to Container Gardening — thanks so much, Kerry! If you’re not familiar with Kerry, she’s terrific. Be sure to click that link and check her out. I’d like to add containers to my repertoire, but I find annuals a necessary part of container gardening, and as a [...]

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: May 2009

Andrew — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:42:56 +0000

Gosh, but April and May have been busy months. My last post was for April’s Carol’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, and here I am at it again one month later. April and May are busy months in the garden too. Things start growing, things start blooming, and with them we gardeners’ to-do lists grow and [...]

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April 2009

Andrew — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:51:44 +0000

I’ve decided to participate in Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, an event started by Carol of May Dreams Gardens, where garden bloggers from across the blogosphere post photos of what’s blooming (or budding, or just plain interesting) in their gardens on the 15th of every month. Here are some of my favorites from my garden right now: Leuzea [...]

Knowing When To Make A Change

Andrew — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:24:25 +0000

The pieris had stood in that spot for probably half a century. Like most of the foundation planting I found when we moved into our home, it was hugely overgrown. Some I renovated and some I left, but the pieris… I wasn’t sure. I’ve never been a fan of Pieris floribunda, sometimes known as Japanese andromeda, [...]

Groundsel Tree

Andrew — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:02:11 +0000

Botanical Latin stuck in my head of the day:Baccharis halimifolia, or groundsel tree. Native Groundsel has intrigued me for a while. The only shrubby member of the aster family, it grows in forgotten places from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas. Its billowy seedheads by the roadside always catch my attention in the fall. It would [...]

American Beachgrass

Andrew — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:40:54 +0000

Botanical Latin stuck in my head of the day:Ammophila breviligulata, or American beachgrass. What a simple, excellent grass this is for those with beachfront property. It’s native. It’s used in dune stabilization. It’s at once evocative of those long, sun-soaked childhood days at the beach. Its subtle, constant movement, along with that of wind and wave, [...]

Meet Jerusalem Sage

Andrew — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:31:01 +0000

Jerusalem sage (Phlomis russeliana) is a herbaceous perennial of the mint family native to Syria. For most of the year, it’s a rather unassuming chartreuse, evergreen rosette of leaves, but in late spring and summer it sends up stems of whorled flowers of an inimitable soft yellow I love. All parts of Jerusalem sage are covered [...]