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Tag Archives: container gardening
Fungus Fest
When I first planted my container garden, I naively thought that I would get to decide what grew there. After all, I wasn’t trying to reclaim some weed-choked lot, but was starting from scratch with pristine containers. Little did I … Continue reading
Posted in Container gardening
Tagged container gardening, Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, Lycogala epidendrum, New Jersey Mycological Association, slime mold
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Rite of Spring
My husband was right. As usual. In March, I declared that I wasn’t going to start my container garden until Memorial Day weekend, when I return from a trip to Spain. He said I would never be able to hold … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite Flowers
Tagged container gardening, Dahlinova Texas dahlia, Ruby Sensation calla lily
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Urban Gardener Returns–Without the Inferiority Complex
It’s spring—and the squirrels are getting hungry. I know this because little rascals are digging holes in the soil of my flower pots and window boxes, in an apparent search for buried nuts. So far, the main victim has been … Continue reading
Posted in Container gardening
Tagged container gardening, deer, deer fence, Rieger begonia, squirrels
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The Ultimate Urban Garden–and Me
The ultimate urban garden may be New York’s Central Park. The casual visitor might think that it’s just as nature created it, but in fact it had a giant helping hand from designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in … Continue reading
Posted in New York
Tagged Central Park, container gardening, euonymus
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8 Things I Love About My Container Garden
1. A Stoop With a View. As I was sitting on my front steps last Saturday morning, a dad with two kids and a dog walked by. “I love what you’ve done with these flowers,” he said. “This space used … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite Flowers
Tagged basil, butterfly bush, cherry tomatoes, container gardening, Mandevilla, monarch butterly, purslane, sunflowers
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The Edible Balcony
I might never have attempted urban gardening if it hadn’t been for a book called The Edible Balcony by Alex Mitchell. In the interest of full disclosure, I used to work for Rodale, the book’s publisher, but that’s not why … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly bush, container gardening, Red Admiral butterfly, The Edible Blacony
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It Was the Best of Thyme, It Was the Worst of Thyme
I know my friends will react with skepticism. But this is the year I’m becoming a gardener. Mind you, I don’t dwell in some leafy neighborhood with tidy lawns. I live in Hoboken, NJ—directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan, … Continue reading