A Gardener's Notebook

In The Garden…November 14, 2016: Planting Brunfelsia  In this episode: Planting 2 new Brunfelsia (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) plants in the back garden and re-potting an aralia plant  in hopes of giving it another chance in a different area.   Music: “Life of Riley” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Help Support A Gardener’ Notebook! Buy Garden and […]

In The Garden…November 5, 2016: Finishing the Bulbs [Video] (3:12) In this episode: The last of the leucojum bulbs go in the ground, finishing this year’s bulb planting…unless I spy something on sale before the rains come. (Ser.   Music: “Carefree” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Help Support A Gardener’ Notebook! Buy Garden and flower photography products […]

In the garden…October 25, 2016: Planting Garlic from A Gardener’s Notebook In this episode:  I take a few minutes to get our garlic into its container home. We had some success with garlic last year, and I hope that getting it into the ground at the proper time will make it even better.   Music: “Rainbows” […]

In the garden…October 19, 2016: Planting Bulbs from A Gardener’s Notebook  In this episode: Time for Fall planting of leucojum and paper whites in the garden before our Winter rains arrive   Music: “Carefree” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Help Support A Gardener’ Notebook! Buy Garden and flower photography products available from http://DouglasEWelch.com/buy Use our Amazon Affiliate Code […]

A Minute in the Garden: A series from A Gardener’s Notebook A visitor in the garden yesterday Praying Mantis on Wikipedia Music: “Numinous Shine” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)   See all the videos in “A minute in the garden” series in this YouTube playlist Learn more about garden insects with these books * A portion of […]

Container Garden Update 44: Opuntia, dietes and basil are growing   In this episode: The opuntia cuttings are beginning to show signs of life. The dietes seeds are almost ready for transplanting into the garden and the basil keeps going strong.     Learn more about Opuntia in these books from Amazon.com   * A portion […]

A Minute in the Garden: A series from A Gardener’s Notebook The olive trees in the Sicilian Family’s garden. These 6 trees produce about 25 gallons of oil each year, IIRC. Music: “Bushwick Tarantella” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)   See all the videos in “A minute in the garden” series in this YouTube playlist Buy my […]

A Minute in the Garden: A series from A Gardener’s Notebook Bats feed in the Sicilian family’s garden at dusk Music: “Chill Wave” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)   See all the videos in “A minute in the garden” series in this YouTube playlist Buy my photography on a variety of products directly from RedBubble   Help Support […]

A Minute in the Garden: A series from A Gardener’s Notebook Under the chestnut trees at The Old House on the flanks of Mount Etna Music: “Clean Soul” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)   See all the videos in “A minute in the garden” series in this YouTube playlist Buy my photography on a variety of products […]

A Minute in the Garden: A series from A Gardener’s Notebook At the old house on Mount Etna Summer is the time for chestnuts/castagna, rowan berries/sorba and mulberries/gelsi. Music: “Clean Soul” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)   See all the videos in “A minute in the garden” series in this YouTube playlist Buy my photography on a […]