Summer, if defined by the olfactory of senses, could have endless interpretations. Like “snow” for groups such as the circumpolar Sami people, it could have 100′s of words to name it, all synonymous yet characteristic. From the flavored perfume of Coppertone Baby to freshly cut watermelon. Or the scent of tomatoes emanating from the garden. [...]
Archive for April, 2011
April 27, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Compost, DO, Fertilize, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Compost • Eat • Grow • Growing Tomatoes • love • Organic
Filed under: Compost, DO, Fertilize, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Compost • Eat • Grow • Growing Tomatoes • love • Organic
April 21, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, DISCOVER, Gardens, Inspired
Social Tagging: Kent • Sissinghurst Castle Garden • Sissinghurst Nuttery • UK Gardens
Filed under: BEE, DISCOVER, Gardens, Inspired
Social Tagging: Kent • Sissinghurst Castle Garden • Sissinghurst Nuttery • UK Gardens
It was this stand of Kentish cobnuts (a type of hazelnut) and an old, determined rose found buried under brambles in the orchard at Sissinghurst Castle Garden that first captured Harold Nicholson and Vita Sackville-West (read Sissinghurst Castle Garden to learn more about Harold and Vita). Harold’s diary entry of the day he and Vita decided [...]
April 10, 2011 by Emily Murphy · 1 Comment
Filed under: DESIGN, DISCOVER, Garden Love, Gardens, Gardens, Ideas, Plans, Planting, Profiles
Social Tagging: Everything British • garden design • Gardens to Visit in the UK • Gertrude Jekyll Planting Philosophy • Harold Nicolson • Kent • Virginia Woolf • Vita Sackville-West • William Robinson
Filed under: DESIGN, DISCOVER, Garden Love, Gardens, Gardens, Ideas, Plans, Planting, Profiles
Social Tagging: Everything British • garden design • Gardens to Visit in the UK • Gertrude Jekyll Planting Philosophy • Harold Nicolson • Kent • Virginia Woolf • Vita Sackville-West • William Robinson
We were on holiday in the UK this very month last year visiting friends. There wasn’t much time to research points of interest before leaving, in typical fashion, we planned to travel only weeks before departing. However, I’d been there before and quickly formed a must-do list. Visiting gardens was on the top. Sissinghurst Castle, [...]
April 4, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Botanical Moment, DISCOVER, DO, Grow, Techniques
Social Tagging: Growing Plants • Lamiaceae • Lepechinia calycina • Pitcher Plant • Plant Propagation • Stem Cuttings
Filed under: Botanical Moment, DISCOVER, DO, Grow, Techniques
Social Tagging: Growing Plants • Lamiaceae • Lepechinia calycina • Pitcher Plant • Plant Propagation • Stem Cuttings
This stem cutting of Lepechinia calycina, also known as Pitcher Sage, is one of my first. Or I should say, one of my first that appears to be thriving. It’s funny because I remember as a kid the ladies in the neighborhood passing cuttings over fences, seeing cuttings in random pots or jars of water [...]