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Is there a fire burning in my garden? No, but there’s one in my heart — and it’s name is lily. Which is also the correct answer to the last week’s photo quiz. Thank you, all, who participated! And now prepare to see a lot of red because there are many more photos where that one came from.
Although it’s not a Tiger lily, inside it lives a Tiger Spider. Who probably would also be sold under a different name. Fortunately, it came free of charge, and I shall continue calling it by its stripes.
I’m enamored with lilies. There’s . . . CONTINUE READING → Lilies! The spring break is over, I’m back in the city, and — yay! — it’s snowing here this morning. This thing you see hanging over Midtown and Times Square is not fog; it’s actually a snow cloud, and there’s snow falling out of it.
If you’re feeling bummed about the weather today, just keep in mind that New York City is much warmer than Upstate New York, sometimes by as much as 15 degrees. Or even more, if you sit on a hill, like my feral garden. It’s true, even the neighboring Hudson Valley can be 5-10 degrees warmer. Of course, this will become a welcome phenomenon in the summer but right now it is a rather anxiety-provoking one. I am consumed by sowing fever: when can I finally start planting things??? Is three days after the snow had melted too early? All these questions. But we’ll have the answers soon enough because before we headed back to the city on Sunday, I boldly planted the following list of items: tulip and . . . CONTINUE READING → hardiness choices
It’s supposed to be really hot in the city this weekend, so I’m a little concerned about my glads, although I did water them abundantly before leaving. I decided to leave Mr. Tomato on the vine for a few more days; so, I’m worried about him too now. In the meanwhile, we’re back in Canaan. Bar-ken gave Jackie a shiny new oil pan, and she is back with the family. The voles keep racing through the garden but seem a little bit less fearless now that they have less weeds to hide under. Also, I saw a little garter snake today — hopefully, it’ll eat some slugs.
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Those of you who guessed “watermelon,” “strawberry” and “leopard” were very close. A a matter of fact, this rare variety is called Oriental watermelon-strawberry-leopard lily.
It was sold to me as a “Gran Paradiso Asiatic Lily” but, obviously, I know better.
Just a few photos from yesterday. These are supposed to be Laguna Gladiolus that I bought as bulbs from Hirt’s Garden on Amazon but mine (on the left and below) look quite different from the picture on the website (on the right)… Although still very pretty.
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