It has long been customary in Williamsburg to overplant our tulip beds in the fall with species of small, hardy flowering plants that will withstand the rigors of winter to bloom in the spring; first under the tulips and then, when the tulips are exhausted, to succeed them in a glorious ground cover of color….
From the Garden: Silverbells
The Silverbell trees, known to the botanists as Halesia tetraptera, are now in bloom. …
From the Garden: A Time for Tulips
We have now reached that glorious time of the year when the tulips are at their full magnificence….
From the Garden: A Season for Transplants
From the Garden: A Great Device
From the Garden: A Spring Hotbed
We gathered the dung for the second hotbed over the last week, throwing it up in a pile to heat and after a single turning it proved so abundantly steamy we were able to load the hotbed just four days later….
From the Garden: Of Maples and Dogwoods
From the Garden: Broccoli and Cardoon Uncovered
From the Garden: Dried Arrangements
I am not among those who complain about the weather and find it to be a pointless and debilitating dissertation. After many years of working out of doors I have acclimatized my expectations to accommodate the seasons and find pleasure in their cyclical peculiarities….
From the Garden: Managing the Hotbed
The hotbed frame has been covered since before the last snow fall and the ensuing bitter cold so it was with some trepidation that we uncovered it on Sunday morning….
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