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 Thursday, February 21, 2008
Vertical Space
by Sara Begg, Executive Editor
A few months ago, I was talking to a friend of mine Naomi Blumenthal. She is a garden designer and writer out in western Massachusetts. I was talking to her about some of the weak points of my garden and she gave me some good suggestions. The comment that stuck in my head was her suggestion that to consider scale and the vertical space in the garden. Since then all I can think about is how to use more of the vertical space in my garden, especially in the entryway. As I've written before, my garden is bordered one side by a tall brick wall (a neighboring building). While I don't think it is legal without asking the landlord of that building...which I'm planning on doing....I'm going to hang three planting panels from The Gardeners Supply catalog...a la Patrick Blanc.
I have a mini-version of the green wall, indoors. My husband bought me a small staghorn fern for Christmas. Originally I was going to hang it on this tall wall I have in my bathroom, but now I've realized that it needs too much watering that makes it very drippy. The wall would then become very mildewy, which would not be good. But it is beautiful and watching each new frond form and grow every day is fascinating. Everyone should have a staghorn fern.
This may not have been what Naomi meant by considering vertical space, oh well.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:41:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Thursday, February 07, 2008
A good garden mouse
by Sara Begg, Executive Editor A couple years ago, I was plant shopping with my friend Carleen. Every nursery we went to, she kept picking up teeny tiny hostas and squealing with delight. (I should have know then that her love affair with agaves would be quickly coming to an end.) I didn't have much time for the little hostas, they seemed yet another plant on the fast track to squat dwarfdom. Well, let's just say that I've always been a little slow to pick up on trends and have been spending many an hour on the computer or the couch (or both), searching out which of these tiny delights to get for my garden this spring. One that will definitely be there and hopefully in quantity (for me that means 3) is Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'. It has just been named the 2008 Hosta of the Year by the American Hosta Growers Association. See it in this photo and buy it from Plant Delights or Song Sparrow or any other nursery headed up by the hosta-obsessed (find more vendors at the American Hosta Society).
 
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:33:02 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Obsessed with Ice and Snow
by Sara Begg, Executive Editor I've been very poor at posting lately. This is Les Brake's fault. Les is one of our contributors; he lives in Alaska. During the long, cold, dark winter he turns to making ice (In the summer, he works on one of the most gorgeous gardens--see our upcoming April issue for photos). And tons of it in all colors and shapes. Here in Boston, we had a cold snap for about 8 days. I was frustrated, then I thought I'd try making some ice. Then my husband tried making a igloo. Here are pictures of some of them. I'm hoping for more cold weather and a big snowfall---not the wintery mix falling out there right now. Ugh.   
Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:54:12 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Ice from a Master
by Sara Begg, Executive Editor
Here is how the pros do ice. And as Les says, "Don't forget about those icicles."
Aren't you know hoping for more cold?
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:09:13 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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