Well, things in the garden here are really starting to simmer down, which means it’s time to get serious about posting on this year’s adventures. Let’s start with the 2017 Garden Bloggers Fling, which was held at the end of June in the DC-area.
via Gardens of the Smithsonian — gardeninacity
Growing roses from cuttings is easy: If you love roses you will love trying to take cuttings and start your own plants. If you have a rose that you absolutely love why not share it with friends or add more to your garden? What tools will you need: You will need some basic tools such…
via Growing Roses From Cuttings is Easy — That Bloomin’ Garden
The best way to experience the magic of the Douro valley is to sojourn at a local farm. It was this possibility that attracted us to Quinta de Guimarães, an estate that dates back to the year 1720. It offers rooms in an ancient manor house and in two beautifully restored country homes surrounded by […]
via Tranquility at Quinta de Guimarães — Salt of Portugal
A spider presumed extinct in Britain for almost half a century has made a remarkable comeback thanks to habitat restoration. Two National Trust volunteers were astonished to find the rare Diamond spider (Thanatus formicinus) while searching for arachnids in heathland at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire. The spider has only been recorded in the UK on […]
Who knew we’d ever see those two words together. As most of you know, I love a good craft beer. Locally, I’m partial to the Portsmouth Brewery because we know the head brewer, Matt Gallagher. He is the nephew of our good friends from up north. Last week, the Portsmouth Brewery introduced a new gruit […]
via Beer and Menopause — NewEnglandGardenAndThread
Recent crises and disasters across the globe, including Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, floods and landslides in Sierra Leone, severe flooding in the United States and earthquakes in Mexico serve to highlight the very real and immediate need for disaster risk mitigation and reduction efforts. With many nations still dealing with the impacts of recent […]
The final new garden we developed early in 2017 was our second roof garden here at Avocet. To find out about our first green roof refer to my post called “Growing up! Making a green roof.” published back in April 2013. This, our second roof garden, was created when we got rid of one of […]
via Developing 3 new spaces – Part 2 – the new roof garden — greenbenchramblings
In an extreme case of weeding, amphibious tractors are this week tackling almost 16 tonnes of invasive weed in the lake at the National Trust’s Claremont Landscape Garden. The vehicles, an amphibious cross between a tractor and a tank, are armed with giant rakes to remove the carpet of Crassula helmsii – also known as […]
via Extreme weeding – fighting an aquatic invader at Claremont — National Trust Press Office
“. . . human carelessness [and lightening] often provides the ignition sources for fires in areas like Northern California. However, without the underlying severe climate conditions, such fires would not have become so large or spread so fast.”
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