Garden on the Edge

This blog is about gardening and nature, two subjects that are inherently intertwined. I live outside of Boston (on the edge of an urban area) and near the ocean (on the edge of the land) and my property abuts a city owned natural area (on the edge of nature) what better name? Zone: 6A

Monday, September 14, 2009

Join the Lawn Revolution

Are you tired of trying to keep up with the Jones' golf course perfect lawn? Are you worried about what those pesticides are doing to yo...

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Plant sale? Not impressed.

The Husband and I got up this morning, ate a hurried breakfast and drove an hour and a half to go to what was promoted as a big garden sale ...

Friday, September 11, 2009

Live Heading

I'm sure you've heard of Dead-Heading - the process of cutting off spent blooms to increase re-blooming (or to prevent seedlings fro...

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Internet Day Without Cats

Pigeon ready for his obedience training (the dogs get treats for it, why shouldn't he?) Somebody somewhere tried to declare that for tod...

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Naming a Garden

Most people, OK, maybe not most... Try again. Lots of people, no? Really? OK. SOME people name their gardens. I've heard of garden...

Saturday, September 5, 2009

I hate mums

It's that time of year again. The big box stores and local garden centers have filled to the brim with what is apparently the only avai...

Friday, September 4, 2009

Passing of a Tomato Hornworm

Yesterday I found the Tomato Hornworm (previously posted about) covered with white lumps. Being a biologist and a blogger I first grabbed m...

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