A BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN FOR SPRING Many years ago, when my children were young, we drove up to Door County to spend Memorial Day weekend. The weather was quite cool–the tourist season had not yet started. The peninsula was, however, exquisite; a beautiful time of year to visit. The cherry trees, for which the [...]
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Through the Year 2012 at my House
Through the Year 2012 at My House January 12, 2012 My front sidewalk edged with snow-covered Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepsis) *The lowest temperature of the year was 5 degrees above (recorded on Jan. 15th, 19th and 20th) February 9, 2012 My front street corner. February 23, 2012 Patio through my studio [...]
Mid-November Notable Native Trees and Shrubs
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear. Sir Walter Scott Mid-November Notable Native Trees and Shrubs The November landscape has a sepia coloring, reminiscent of the rotogravure section of the old Chicago Tribune. The leaves of the Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) fell in October, but those of the [...]
Fiery Foliage
…and the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame, September Song Fiery Foliage There are abundant trees, shrubs, and vines whose leaves “turn to flame” in autumn, reflecting the fire of the setting sun. The earliest, beginning at the end of September, are Virginia Creeper, various species of sumac and serviceberry, and our favorite [...]
Garden Walk Report
GARDEN WALK REPORT He who plants a garden, plants happiness. Chinese Proverb The day was perfect–part sun, not too hot. The Butterfly Weed was still in bloom, joined by Prairie Coreopsis and Wild Quinine, mentioned last week. The Purple Prairie Clover, also mentioned last week, was a big hit. Visitors were fascinated [...]
Spring Quartette Plus
Spring Quartette Plus Many years ago, I saw clumps of Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) in bloom in May at Bluff Spring Fen. Enchanted, that fall I bought some bulbs–maybe 7–and planted them. Alas, not a one came up–I attributed it to squirrels digging them up. Several years later–May 2007, one came [...]
Spring-flowering Native Trees
Spring-flowering Native Trees The Chinese magnolias and crabapples are lovely in blossom in the spring, but I prefer our native ornamental trees, usually in bloom in late April or early May, that are blossoming now. Four ducks on a pond A grass bank beyond A blue sky of spring White clouds on the wing. William [...]
Underplanting Trees
Underplanting Trees in the Yard and on the Parkway True or false: Mulching a tree circle with wood chips is the best thing for a tree, ecologically. Actually, a wood chip mulch is the 2nd best thing for a tree. It keeps lawn mowers and string trimmers from damaging the tree bark, it keeps down weeds, [...]
Through the Year 2011 in My Garden
THROUGH THE YEAR 2011 IN MY GARDEN JANUARY I neglected to take any pictures at my house last January, so I’m showing you a photograph of June’s stone stairway that I did take. Last year, in February, I featured the grass, stone, and snow of the Geneva Riverwalk, but if you have a [...]
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A DOCTRINE OF SUSTAINABILITY continued
February 7, 2013 • Categories: Ecology, Natural World, Pat's Comments, sustainable • by PatHill
A DOCTRINE OF SUSTAINABILITY continued Gerould Wilhelm IV. All places on the earth, along with the people who inhabit them, are unique to all others, this singular quality embodied in the Genius Loci. Geronimo, the great Apache leader, looking back on his beloved western homeland from a prison at Pensacola, Florida noted: For [...]
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