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

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Fledging

About a week ago I notice a lot of noise coming from the street tree in front of our house. I recognized that sound. Baby birds. After a ...

Monday, August 30, 2010

The Great Hydrangea Hunt of 2010

Earlier this year we had our house painted. When the painters were done I looked at the mad side of the house and thought it needed somethi...

Friday, August 27, 2010

Seven Secrets of a Biologist

I recently noticed some damage to one of my shrub dogwoods ( Cornus hesseyii Garden Glow). Several leaves on one stem were completely dest...

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Just Because

After four days of much needed rain the sun came out this morning. The windows are open. I'm between semesters and it seemed like a gr...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

In the Air Tonight

Smell that? In the air? Eau de skunk. Lately I've heard a lot of comments about people around here seeing (or smelling) skunks. I...

Monday, August 23, 2010

Wonderful Monday

It's a wonderful Monday. After a very wet late winter the summer has been dry, with most of the rain falling in the southern part of th...

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

My Garden is at it's late summer peak. I plant a lot of pollinator friendly plants. So many that The Husband says the garden purrs whe...

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