It’s difficult to know where to stand, horticulturally, when 2 inches of rain falls on already frozen ground and the temperature swings from 5 degrees to 65 degrees Fahrenheit in the course of several days. Unable to permeate the soil, large vernal pools turn to ice rinks and then sit for a week as the false spring takes its time to make the ground friable once again. And yet if you hadn’t been paying attention, the view from today’s window would be a typical January day: damp and dreary with little to draw you outside.
You have no idea how happy it made me to read that you didn't warm to Gertrude Jekyll. However, you got me right on the garden book loving bullseye with the Christopher Lloyd book, which will be my Christmas gift card treat. These lovely books are how we get through to the digging and doing season, right?
Thanks! You won’t be disappointed with the book. It’s fascinating to see how so many of the famous gardens and gardeners are linked through an endless dance through the century.
You have no idea how happy it made me to read that you didn't warm to Gertrude Jekyll. However, you got me right on the garden book loving bullseye with the Christopher Lloyd book, which will be my Christmas gift card treat. These lovely books are how we get through to the digging and doing season, right?
Thanks! You won’t be disappointed with the book. It’s fascinating to see how so many of the famous gardens and gardeners are linked through an endless dance through the century.