Crazy In Love With Our Garden
We are simply crazy about our garden and take photos almost every day of one thing or another.
This is a shot from the side yard. The fruit trees and vegetable garden are behind the camera.
The bed on the right is a shade bed where tulips and daffodils have completed their fun and other plants are just starting. In the center bed is lavender (Thank you Sharon Owen), native peach trees, pinks (Thank you Lora Weatherbee), clovers, lilies, etc.
THE ULTIMATE
You might want to check out "The Ultimate Gardener: The Best Experts' Advice for Cultivating a Magnificent Garden with Photos and Stories", a new book from Health Communications, Inc.
The 250 page paperback is loaded with photos. What's fascinating about the approach is that every chapter is written by a different author. Charlie Nardozzi, National Gardening Association is the editor.
Authors include: Christine Collier, poet Sally Clark, Cookie Curci, actress Juliana Harris, retired teacher and painter Veronica Cullinan Lake, and freelance writer Felice Prager. All of the listed authors have one of the Chicken Soup titles in their summary, and you would be correct to assume that this book comes out of that same publishing group.
More of a book for gardeners than horticulturists, the first person stories about gardening, family, nature and plant lore will appeal to you when you want to read charming vignettes rather than look up a plant's Latin name and cultivation requirements.
There's great advice here, too, though it is in story form. Topics that will appeal include attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, how to design a landscape, how to plan a small garden, growing hardy organic vegetables and gardening with pets in the yard.
Health Communications Inc. is at this link where you can purchase "Ultimate Gardener" for $14.95. It's $8 on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online.
This is a shot from the side yard. The fruit trees and vegetable garden are behind the camera.
The bed on the right is a shade bed where tulips and daffodils have completed their fun and other plants are just starting. In the center bed is lavender (Thank you Sharon Owen), native peach trees, pinks (Thank you Lora Weatherbee), clovers, lilies, etc.
THE ULTIMATE
You might want to check out "The Ultimate Gardener: The Best Experts' Advice for Cultivating a Magnificent Garden with Photos and Stories", a new book from Health Communications, Inc.
The 250 page paperback is loaded with photos. What's fascinating about the approach is that every chapter is written by a different author. Charlie Nardozzi, National Gardening Association is the editor.
Authors include: Christine Collier, poet Sally Clark, Cookie Curci, actress Juliana Harris, retired teacher and painter Veronica Cullinan Lake, and freelance writer Felice Prager. All of the listed authors have one of the Chicken Soup titles in their summary, and you would be correct to assume that this book comes out of that same publishing group.
More of a book for gardeners than horticulturists, the first person stories about gardening, family, nature and plant lore will appeal to you when you want to read charming vignettes rather than look up a plant's Latin name and cultivation requirements.
There's great advice here, too, though it is in story form. Topics that will appeal include attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, how to design a landscape, how to plan a small garden, growing hardy organic vegetables and gardening with pets in the yard.
Health Communications Inc. is at this link where you can purchase "Ultimate Gardener" for $14.95. It's $8 on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online.
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