In the garden with Felder: Sifting through to get to the real stuff
This week’s emails included some real doozies, from an unusual problem with poison ivy and what kind of plant do I want to reincarnate as, to whatever it is that Imogene Fitch wants me to do.
In the garden with Felder: Heirloom antiques remind us of garening ancestors
Are the concrete chicken, big urn and homemade toadstools in my garden antiques, heirlooms, or just old?
In the garden with Felder: The nature of plants
To hear some folks talk, you’d think plants have intentions, good or bad and everything in between.
In the garden with Felder: The nature of vines that twine
Ever notice how a cat can’t help raising its rear when you stroke its back? Vines do the same thing. Sorta.
In the garden with Felder: Talk the talk, walk the walk
Social distancing doesn’t apply to Victory Garden vegetables; some actually do best when stuffed into close quarters.
In the garden with Felder: Are your landscape lines by decision or default?
A landscape is largely defined by its lines. You can change or soften them, but the edges between things, whether straight, curvy or a mishmash, are characterful.
In the garden with Felder: April gardens create a buffet for the nose
I got ambushed by a powerful fragrance while busting out of the cabin for an early evening walk around the neighborhood. It was cloyingly sweet.
In the garden with Felder: Learn how to get dirty again
Gardening activity is being supercharged right now by three fevers working together to keep more of us close to home.
In the garden with Felder: Staying occupied?
In these uncertain days of social isolation and children underfoot, there are some alluring ideas for keeping busy in the garden without overloading yourself, and for entertaining bored kids.
In the garden with Felder: Getting the ‘chili’ right
Gardening and home cooking have a lot in common, creating sustenance and comfort by combining basic ingredients using simple techniques.
In the garden with Felder: Strategies for getting through
My little garden is helping me cope with being cooped up away from work and social interactions during these contagious times.
In the garden with Felder: A look at some of Mother Nature’s ‘weirdos’
Some of the strangest space creatures in the Known Universe grow right here on our own planet, including in Mississippi.
In the garden with Felder: Thinking ahead …
What’s going to happen to my garden, tools and books when I move on to another Eden?
In the garden with Felder: Take a ‘tasteful’ look around
My neighborhood hosts a largesse of edible stuff people don’t seem to appreciate.
In the garden with Felder: Prettying up our late-winter gardens
Get ready for Blackberry Winter 2020, which is probably just around the corner.
In the garden with Felder: Don’t be afraid to keep things a little ‘wild’
Are those little clumps of flowering greenery in your winter lawn weeds, or wildflowers? It’s possible to see them as both and garden accordingly.
In the garden with Felder: Advice for success with seedlings
Gambling hasn’t always been legal in Mississippi, but gardeners have been doing it openly for generations. Unfortunately, the house usually has better odds than even us old hands.
In the garden with Felder: Let potted plants bring nature indoors
Who knew my cheery collection of durable potted plants had such deep roots?
In the garden with Felder: Exposed roots? Celebrate them
Oops! My roots are showing, but it’s OK.
In the garden with Felder: Check out this ‘Gardener’s Bill of Rights’
Life has enough pressures, why include them in the garden?