Skip to main content

Featured

A Closer Look at Winter Damage

But first, take a look at this gorgeous rainbow that we had on Friday! The five-day stretch of warm temperatures last week really jump-started the garden. Now that plants are putting out new growth, it is easier to see what kind of damage the winter left. Back in mid-January, we experienced five straight days of below-freezing temperatures. This caused much damage in Portland and areas where frigid winds were a factor. Here, we were fortunate to not get the wind and the cold temperatures were dampened by a blanket of snow. That said, it was a tough time for the garden and there are noticeable casualties but no outright deaths that I have seen. The bottlebrush ( Callistemon 'Woodlander's Red') did not like the cold at all. It was planted six years ago, in the north-facing garden no less, and I've not experienced die-back on it until now. A local expert said to cut it all the way back so that is what I did. If it doesn't make it, I won't be too distraught. It is

My new article

I have an article in the April issue of Alabama Gardener. It is a garden profile of John and Lynn Ingwersen's garden in Killen, Alabama (just outside of Florence).

Here are a few photos that I took of their garden last year (some of these appear in the article, some don't) -








Comments

  1. Nice pics! You can tell a lot of work goes on in that yard.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Great pics of a lovely garden. Congrats on getting an article published!

    Found your blog via Faire Garden.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Phillip,

    Are you a garden writer and librarian? Good photos, very fine garden.


    gail

    ReplyDelete
  4. Congratulations on the article, Phillip! I like the vegetable garden with the rosemary and brick edging around the corn... guess those are chives flowering? It looks like a good place to spend time.

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

    ReplyDelete
  5. Thanks Wayne!

    Yolanda, thanks for visiting - please come again.

    Gail, my full time job is librarian. Writing about and photographing gardens is a new venture, just something to do on the side. Maybe I can retire early and have this to fall back on. It is sure more fun than my full time work.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Congrats on the article! Love the photos, especially the Autumn pic with the water.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Beautiful pics! I need to subscribe to that magazine.

    ReplyDelete
  8. All that and a windmill too!

    Awesome garden.

    ReplyDelete
  9. That is a beautiful garden. Congratulations on the article.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Congrats on your beutiful garden, it absolutely belongs in a magazine!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Phillip, we just got our first issue last weed and we found your article and photos. We were just tickled that you were in our first one. Good Job!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Lovely garden, Phillip. It certainly deserves recognition. Congrats on being published.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular Posts