http://www.bostongrows.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:48:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I gotta tell you, I was hardly in the old garden at all through August, for one reason or another. Mostly it was the weather, but it’s also because I didn’t have much going on in the garden itself. Now things are getting exciting again. It’s coming ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-09-12-long-time-no-see.html From today’s New York Times: By VERLYN KLINKENBORG I am finally beginning to understand tomatoes. At least that’s how it feels this year. I’ve tried growing them in page-wire cages and in stiff wire cones. One year I simply gave up and let the plants flop along the ground, the way they ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-08-06-on-tomatoes.html Sunday was a gorgeous day to be out in the garden, and I was for several hours in the afternoon. Yesterday wasn’t bad, either. This week we’re looking at another mini-heatwave, though, so I doubt I’ll be able to get out too much before the weekend. Tonight ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-08-01-cruisin-for-a-bruisin.html We’ve had a rollercoaster of a year so far, weatherwise, but the dog days have most definitely arrived. Things are getting overgrown and sticky, and all kudzu-looking. I like that phrase, “dog days.” Do you know where it came from? Sirius, the dog star, rises and ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-07-28-dog-days.html Ah, the joys of urban gardening! Remember back a few weeks ago when I mentioned Merde Man–I’m assuming it’s a man, because women just don’t do things like this, do they?–who’s been systematically pooping right in front of garden gates all over the Boylston section of the Fenway Victory Gardens, for ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-07-26-merde-man-strikes-again.html So now that I have a genuine little lawn–all this rain has been good for something–I have run into the issue of how to cut it. One of my neighbors, Stevie, has a battery charged weedwacker which I have used before, but truthfully, I don’t like the sound of ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-07-06-sheer-elegance.html Helped a buddy do some landscaping today, at his place out in the boondocks. I love craggy old New England. When I first came Out East from the midwest, almost fifteen years ago, it was like I’d found a landscape that looked like my soul. The severe ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-06-22-craggy-old-new-england.html Well, it looks like the deluge is over, for now. We’re supposed to get some more scattered thunder showers soon, but in the meantime, in the brief pause between weedings, it’s a nice time to admire the greening of the garden: My wild strawberries are about the size of pinheads, ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-06-17-the-greening-of-the-garden.html All the peonies are popping. I guess my tree peony was pretty early, because none of the others bloomed until last week. Unfortunately, it was during the monsoons, so by the time I was able to get in the garden yesterday, mine were all past their expiration dates. ... http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-06-12-between-showers.html 6/4/06 http://www.bostongrows.com/2006-06-04-soggy-daze.html