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Thew Arctic Birch Tree The most fertile soil in the north country is the Arctic brown soil, detected in protected regions on warm, well-drained sites. The Birch grows in damp places with light soils and good drainage. The Birch expanded into the Arctic latitudes. The Canoe, or Paper Birch is a variety of stunted White Birch, and grows within the Arctic Circle. stunted • white birch • arctic • catkins • winged fruit
Birches White, Sweet, and Silver The various species of birch trees are distinctive, easily identified, elegant, and have been historically useful to humans for making medicines and tools. white birch • sweet birch • silver birch • yellow birch • paper birch
Leave Some Fall Garden Litter for Butterflies! Where do some of your familiar garden butterflies go at summer's end? Not all escape to warmer climes as the Monarchs do. To learn a bit about some butterflies that have secret "hidey" places right in your own back yard, this article will give you some answers. butterflies • garden butterflies • diapause • migrate • butterflies
Winter Interest Plants, Part II- My Favorite Winter Trees Trees play a prominent part in the winter landscape. Here are some of my favorites and why I love them. winter interest plants • winter trees • tree landscaping • trees • birch
My Quiescent Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden It’s that time of year once again . . . my garden sleeps. Another summer has passed, and fall has surreptitiously surrounded us with a splendid array of vibrant colors. Old Man Winter is not far behind. It's time to get your butterfly and hummingbird garden in shape before he descends. butterfly and hummingbird garden • seasonal • gardening • winter gardens • butterflies
My Special Appointment With Spring! Springtime is just around the corner! My garden has been working hard for me underground as I've wiled away winter reading gardening magazines and books and dreaming about spring. The time is now upon me to pitch in and do MY part to help my butterfly and hummingbird garden thrive. It is finally "seedtime and budtime" again, and I'm excited! butterfly and hummingbird gardening • spring gardening tasks • blooms and leaf buds • raking flowerbeds • pruning roses
Bringing Winter Inside Part Two: The Displays Who says that when the holidays are over we're done decorating? Not me in fact, I look at my Christmas free house as a fresh new pallet. Once the Santas, Poinsettias, and Nativities are gone, it's still winter. So why not celebrate the crisp season inside as well as out? decorating • home • garden • home and garden
Designing with Trees While trees are the main tool of the landscape designer they must be selected carefully to avoid future problems. how to pick good trees for the garden • good tree choices • designing with trees • how to design a garden • trees for the garden
New Ways to Applique Short review of the quilt book "New Ways to Applique." quilt • quilt books • applique • baby quilts • applique products
City Kids In The Garden City kids visit a community garden in Brooklyn and learn to value green spaces. community gardens • gardening • tomatoes • birch • urban gardening
Gourmet Sodas Small soda manufacturers can offer very unique flavours, and can be worth the extra effort of tracking them down. Thankfully, these companies offer mail order service. gourmet soft drinks • gourmet soda • grown up soda • gus soda • foxon park
Jewelweed or Touch-Me-Not Jewelweed, widely known as a poison ivy remedy, is abundant in damp areas, blooming throughout the second half of summer and into the fall. jewelweed • spotted jewelweed • touch-me-not • poison ivy remedy • grindelia
Identifying Trees by Their Bark When there are no leaves on the trees, we have to rely on bark, buds, and growth patterns to identify the species, a fascinating challenge. trees in winter • leafless trees • identifying trees • tree bark • furrowed bark
Trees with Simple Leaves Leaf shape, while often a distinctive identifying feature of trees, can also be confusing when many trees share leaves of similar shape. simple leaves • lobed leaves • heart-shaped leaves • lanceolate • round leaves
A Gardener's Journey into Winter. "Sometimes I can believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast" said the Red Queen to Alice. And I can say the same thing. The passage from summer to winter is also the journey from the garden in the yard to a garden in the imagination. winter • garden • gardens • cleanup • clean up
Aunt Elva's Garden Memories of my Great Aunt Elva's garden in Lake Oswego, Oregon. lake oswego • oregon • dahlia • rose • rock garden
Bones in the Garden - A Tale of Garden Planning, Part 1 Bones in the garden? Sounds frightening unless you realize they are made of stones and shrubs and benches - all those lovely things that give your garden shape - and winter interest. garden structure • garden design • garden planning • gardens • garden architecture
My Little Shady Acher Farm Welcome to my little piece of heaven. One shady catskills • catskill mountains • natural windbreak • pine trees • indigenous trees
Night ride to Bangor During my first long distance motorcycle trip, I traveled from New Jersey to New Hampshire. I then decided to stretch my journey another 250 miles to Bangor, Maine. My ride through the dense New England woods continued long into the night and introduced me to the unique sights and sensations of traveling along unlit, secluded country roads. It also took me back to a place and to a person I hadn’t seen in over ten years. motorcycles bangor maine adventure travel night
Plants for all Seasons - Planning the Front Yard Garden II If you have to walk past it every single day then you want it to look GOOD every single day. Planning a front yard garden is less forgiving than those conveniently hidden in the back. You need plants that look good - or at least interesting - 365 days a year. front yard • garden • plants
Princess Sunshine She grew up in Darmstadt -- a beautiful, shy, delicate girl. At the age of twelve, she met her prince in shining armor. Read here about the youth of Princess Alix, Russia's Tsarina and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna Romanov. Read here, too, of her meeting with the dashing young Tsar-to-Be, and of the moments that would give rise to the most sweeping love story of the century. alexandra • alicky • alix • alex • princess
Shaker Furniture, Part II: Faith in Form Part II of a series on Shaker furniture, its spiritual foundation and expression. shaker • shaker furniture • antiques • collectibles • furniture styles
Slow Stroll through the Gardens Once More The slow, therapeutic stroll through the garden continues. This time we make it out of the secret garden and up the [ath to the gazebo. (And no - we're not done YET!)
Herbs for My Hummers! Planting flowering herbs as hummingbird attractants and nectar sources in backyard flower gardens. herbs • hummingbirds • gardening • perennial • flower gardening
The Lost and Found Garden It's embarrassing - but I somehow managed to lose an entire garden this year. And that's after Ma Nature went to a lot of trouble to point out to me that this was a spot that could use some human intervention.
Only Make-Believe - Gardens for the Winter Weary If we can't be outdoors gardening, then why not be indoors in a space that looks and acts like a garden? Tips for making your home into a refuge for the gardener.
Winter Interest IV - Colorful Twigs and Bark Believe it or not, you can get plenty of bright, hot color in your winter garden - just choose shrubs and trees with brightly colored or patterned bark. |
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