Start of May
It’s already the second day of May and the iris are beginning to show up as if they mean it. Fading daffodils grow obscured by surging daylilies or, to a lesser degree, iris. Each day a new iris or two blossoms for the first time of the season, and it’s impossible to stay out of …
Deter Small Digging Creatures
This Garden Gertie tip is Mary Ann Mira’s. It concerns deterring small critters from invading your garden space and digging it up. I have birds and neighborhood cats that play havoc with my raised garden bed, which is still fairly empty until Mother’s Day planting begins. You can place plastic forks throughout the dirt, tines …
Iris Season 2020 Begins
Iris season has just started. It’s earlier than usual in Stephen’s garden thanks to the additon of a few short bearded iris. He’s grateful that he followed Diane Shipman’s advice rather than the advice seen recently online. Hers was to fertilize in February; online advice was to fertilize when the tulips bloom. In this case, …
Club Cancellations
The March, April and May Meetings have been cancelled. We are still planning to conduct the June 23rd meeting at the normal location. The Tour has been cancelled. Not knowing how things will go this spring and summer with the coronavirus, the Garden Tour will not take place in 2020. We hope and plan to …