http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/ Garden news can range from the smallest new plant purchase to the biggest new landscaping project. Then there's the big wide gardening world outside the garden gate to keep an eye on. What about all the garden tours, new plant releases, garden festivals? They all promise new experiences. Something's always happening somewhere, be it on radio, TV, in magazines, on the internet, at the local nursery, or at Moosey's Country Garden. en-us Copyright 1997-2004 Eggyweb Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:03:49 -0800 http://backend.userland.com/rss eggy@mooseyscountrygarden.com http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-journal-09/summer-garden-journal-091103.html I am not a boring, predictable person! Today I do things in a different order - piano first, then breakfast, then gardening. I might even finish my digging project later this afternoon, when the sun has sunk a bit. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:09:58 -0800 http://garden-journal-09/summer-garden-journal-091103.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-journal-09/summer-garden-journal-091102.html Hee hee hee. Checking first with Non-gardening Partner (whose response was typically mannish - do I really want more of those?) I have 'bought' three monster Cordylines for one dollar. He will help me dig them out this weekend. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:17:32 -0800 http://garden-journal-09/summer-garden-journal-091102.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-journal-09/summer-garden-journal-091101.html Hello, November - the New, Now, Never-Mind-About-the-Weeds gardening month. For this is the month when summer rolls in, the sun shines down, and everything in the garden grows - and grows - and grows... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:49:09 -0800 http://garden-journal-09/summer-garden-journal-091101.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-journal-09/spring-garden-journal-091011.html So yesterday the hedge trimmer spent four hours on the Moosey property. Today the Head Gardener starts four days - or is that four weeks? - cleaning up the mess. Stand by for some extremely boring gardening journal writing! Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:58:52 -0700 http://garden-journal-09/spring-garden-journal-091011.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-news/moosey-news-0909.html The garden is springing along nicely, and every week something new pops up to be enjoyed. How lucky am I to be able to garden full-time. I'm working harder for longer hours than I've ever done before, though - I love it! Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:56:33 -0700 http://garden-news/moosey-news-0909.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-news/moosey-news-0910.html Rhododendrons, Aquilegias, and the first Roses are filling the Moosey Garden with flowery hope. There's been a lot of late spring rain, too, so everything is luscious and green. It's looking quite lovely! Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:27:42 -0700 http://garden-news/moosey-news-0910.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/apple-tree-garden/garden-lawn-sleepout.html The Sleep-Out gave me my first chance to grow climbing roses around a house window. I also planted my favourite white camellia (plus hostas and other foliage perennials) in its small garden. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:08:09 -0700 http://apple-tree-garden/garden-lawn-sleepout.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/perennial-plants/perennial-aquilegia.html Aquilegias are enduring spring perennials, and a clear signal that the garden is on the move. As soon as the Aquilegias start flowering, I'd better be ready for action! They come in all colours and sizes, from small blues to large dusky pinks. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:14:37 -0700 http://perennial-plants/perennial-aquilegia.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/english-gardens/hestercombe.html I visited Hestercombe during a random cross-country car trip to Heathrow - it was the very last day of my garden visiting holiday in England, enjoyed in 1997... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:04:40 -0700 http://english-gardens/hestercombe.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-journal-09/spring-garden-journal-091010.html Yippee - I love my garden! What shall I do first? Weeding, or weeding, or weeding? I'd much rather be planting - I've got several shrubs and a Skunk Cabbage to find places for. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:33:45 -0700 http://garden-journal-09/spring-garden-journal-091010.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/english-gardens/english-garden-tours.html For a colonial antipodean gardener, English gardens are very influential. They can inspire twin herbaceous borders, or pleached rows of Hornbeams. They can ruin the colonial gardening budget... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:00:01 -0700 http://english-gardens/english-garden-tours.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/gardening-magazines/gardening-magazines.html There are many nice things about gardening magazines. They are rewards which can be saved for apres gardening, or for the first morning cup of tea. There's absolutely no waste - even the advertisements in garden magazines are interesting... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:37 -0700 http://gardening-magazines/gardening-magazines.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/gardening-books/gardening-books.html When gardeners aren't gardening they're usually to be found reading gardening books. This is affectionately known as 'having a break' from the real business of gardening... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:21:24 -0700 http://gardening-books/gardening-books.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/house-and-garden/disney-garden-gnomes.html Oops. I'm lowering the tone of my house gardens by allowing a group of freshly painted Disney gnomes to take up residence. Their bright red hats are clearly visible from the house patio. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:16:56 -0700 http://house-and-garden/disney-garden-gnomes.html http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-journal-09/spring-garden-journal-091008.html Right. The shaping up of the Head Gardener - and the Moosey Garden - continues, as October zooms past. And the spring garden looks even more beautiful than ever. The Head Gardener is to be warmly congratulated... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:19:14 -0700 http://garden-journal-09/spring-garden-journal-091008.html