The garden in November
My November tasks in the garden in Bran: mounded roses, protected hydrangeas, pots under cover and the sowing plan for February.
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The garden in October
My October tasks in the garden in Bran: bulbs, bare-root roses, dahlias, leaves, apples in the cellar and seeds to save.
The garden under snow
Seasonal journal · winter The garden under snow What I notice, what I look forward to and what I learn while the garden rests Shapes without leaves Tracks in the snow A quiet that isn’t empty The thaw map What…
The perennials that came through winter well in my garden
Seasonal journal · Spring The perennials that came through winter well in my garden How my garden at the foot of the mountains comes back to life In the first days when the snow begins to shyly retreat, the garden…
First tasks after the snow melts
Seasonal journal · Spring First tasks after the snow melts What I do now and what I leave for later in a mountain garden In the mountains, snow doesn’t retreat all at once. It disappears in patches: first from the…
Roses after the rain
Seasonal journal · Summer Roses after the rain The beauty of wet flowers and the care they need There’s a magic hour after a summer rain stops when the garden seems to me at its peak. The air is fragrant,…
Summer colors in Bran
Seasonal journal · Summer Summer colors in Bran How flowers change in the light of a garden at 770 meters (2,500 feet) My first summer here, in 2007, puzzled me. I had planted the flowers I knew from my grandparents’…
The garden in September
My September tasks in the garden in Bran: flowers, perennials, bulbs, the lawn and getting ready for the first cold nights.