Spring is wonderful because it is full of flowers that are brave enough to push up and bare their faces to the chilly days. They dare us to forget the dark winter months, and how could we not in the company of daffodils? Some flowers, though, wait until the season is well underway, even turning …
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Color theory
I'm sure that Gertrude Jekyll has something far more illuminating to say on the topic, but here's my take on colors in the garden: One is nice: (Red flax and our liquidambar tree) Two is dandy: (lavender and queen Ann's lace under the apricot tree) But things really get cooking when you have three: (California …
Peekaboo!
I saw it from afar, as I was watering the bitter melon- a bit of red peeking out from between the leaves of one of the Momotaro tomato plants. We've been eating tomatoes for a couple of weeks already, but I've been waiting for the Momotaros. It's a Japanese hybrid that is apparently a popular …
Black currant fizz…
... is the name of this lovely opium poppy, being scrutinized here by Baki and my mom: The seeds were from Thompson & Morgan; I picked them up in London in December. They always tell you on the seed packets that poppies hate being transplanted, so you ought to direct-sow them. We sowed these in …
Cut flowers
"You guys don't know what to do with cut flowers," my mother said when she saw some cut snapdragons in a glass with no water in it. Ali had cut them so that I could smell them; they were supposed to be scented and it turned out they were. She's right- we love to grow …
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