Tag: Common Ground
Common Ground – January 2025
“Now, by two-headed Janus…” Shakespeare The solstice is the beginning of winter but it’s also the start of longer days and our turning towards the light and faraway spring. January is named after the…
Common Ground – November 2024
“The gardener’s year is circular; November and December are the months that close the circle.” Bob Thomson, The New Victory Garden The last few flowers of the fall season are still blooming in the…
Common Ground – October 2024
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” F. Scott Fitzgerald We haven’t had a lot of crispness yet as I write this towards the end of September. There were…
Common Ground – September 2024
“…Autumn hails anew…” John Banister Tabb My most surprising accomplishment in this year’s garden is that I have finally succeeded in growing sweet peas. Oh I have grown them before but they were always…
Common Ground – August 2024
“August’s harvest is rich…” Bob Thomson The New Victory Garden Well let’s deal with first things first: in August a big issue for a lot of gardeners is what to do with all that…
Common Ground – July 2024
“Each Morn a thousand Roses brings…” Omar Khayyam Early summer in the valley has been all about the roses. A mild winter, lots of rain and a proper spring that didn’t turn hot right…
Common Ground – June 2024
“And what is so rare as a day in June?” James Russell Lowell Someone I know who has a hillside of naturalized daffodils tells me that he always has a pang of regret when…
Common Ground – May 2024
“The world’s favourite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.” Edwin Way Teale Well I guess I got my wish that the spring temperatures stay on the cool side to allow…
Common Ground – April 2024
“There are moments in the gardening year when, like Cecil B. de Mille, you want to shout Hold it and freeze the scene, just as it is in every detail, for a little longer.”…