Mary Ann of Gardens of the Wild, Wild, West, and Gail of Clay and Limestone, have both been feeling a little tired of gardening. We all agreed that we welcome the break from gardening that winter affords. It's a good time to stay inside and curl up with a good book. On Carpe Geum, I have listed my personal picks for the Top 5 gardening books of all time. Four of the five are still in print, and would make a good gift for any gardener. (Hint, hint [I already have number 5].)
It's also a good time to curl up with a gardening magazine. I recommend the current issue of Horticulture. Not only does it have a bit I wrote about my tree peony (page 69), but it also has pieces by Kylee of Our Little Acre, Carol of May Dreams Gardens, Jean McWeeny of DigGrowCompostBlog, Edmund and Becky Hillick of Stonewall Garden, and Telsing Andrews of The Veggie Patch Re-Imagined.
The temperature has plummeted with a low of 7F/-14C forecast for tonight, so I'm pleased that the garden is covered by an insulating blanket of snow.
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| Echinacea purpurea seedheads |
20 comments:
My dear, I have needed a rest~and this weather is helping me! Your garden is fortunate to have a nice snow cover I can't wait to get this issue and read about your tree peony. It's a beauty and when ever I've seen a photo I've been very tempted to get one! Thank you for the linklove and keep warm! xxoogail
Oh dear and I've posted signs of Spring today.
Winter is a time of hibernation for you northerners, you too Gail! I still want to be outside and no snow cover allows that, but frozen ground does not. Your winter wonderland is beautiful! :-)
Frances
ps, congrats on the Horticulture features to all of you!
I got tired of gardening around August. Strangely, I went outside yesterday and worked on doing some clean up and had a grand old time. _Now_ I'm ready to get back out there! Go figure.
Winter's arrived early here, so I'm enjoying plenty of time to catch up with my alarmingly large backlog of books.
Congratulations on the Horticulture magazine piece - a pity I let my subscription lapse :(
And what a great wonderland you have! Love the image of Echinacea!Congratulations on having your writing in the H.magazine! I will read it!
We get to garden year round here in Raleigh. There is not pressure tho, and no bugs either. We have the good fortune to stroll the winter garden to admire the Camellias, Prunus Mume, Witch Hazels, Hollies, Galanthus, and more. You get the idea. If I have to deal with winter, I might as well make it worth of a winter stroll.
Ooop didn't mean to be Anonymous LOL. Barbara, I will need to find someone to share with me their Hort mag. I have let my subscription go.
I could use a rest, too, MMD! With so much snow on the ground--I think we got more than you did--there's nothing to be done in the garden, so curling up with a good book sounds perfect. That is, after I get my Christmas shopping done:) I skimmed the latest issue of Horticulture, but I will definitely have to look at it more closely to see what you and others have written.
By the way, I love the last photo on your last post--beautiful skies!
Just found the article in Horticulture and enjoyed it. Have you ever told the story here of how you protected your tree peony with the umbrella? That's pretty funny:)
Resting. I am resting under a blanket of snow. Good moisture for the desert. Good break for the gardener.
I envy you the rest--and the moisture of snow. I need to water some new plants today.
Congrats on your Horticulture piece!
Off to the libray to check out those books... thanks for sharing!
Gail - I don't know where you could get a tree peony like mine, but there are so many beautiful ones, you really should get one. They like part shade.
Darla - this cold snap is headed your way, better get out those sheets!
Frances - thanks!
Susan - makes sense, you live in Texas.
VP - I saw on your blog & some others that you've had snow. It does make it festive.
Congrats on the Horticulture piece MrMcD. This is a good time of year to be writing about the garden since we can't get out there and do anything with out freezing. Stay warm.
Congrats on the Horticulture piece! This is definitely the right time to curl up with good reading material!
That snow looks wonderful. I'm ready for a break too but I just planted five foxgloves yesterday! No rest for those of us in the south I guess.
Thanks for the link - it was fun to see so many familiar faces in one magazine, wasn't it?
Congrats on the article - and enjoy your cosy indoors phase, it will be time to get out and garden vigorously again soon!!
I loved reading about your tree peony. I have two that are going strong and two that are surviving. I'm giving away some books. This week is is a great cookbook but then I'll be giving away 2 garden books, one by Nan Ondra. Visit and help me celebrate my blogoversary.
Winter is when I do all my reading. Lots of nice books out there. I will look for that Horticulture magazine.
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