http://savannahgarden.net Gardening in coastal Georgia, Zone 9 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:32:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm abandoning this blog because we are moving to a farm in upstate New York to grow a little food. It seems like the most useful contribution a gardener can make to this economic meltdown. If time permits, I'll be starting a web site for the farm. I shall miss this ... http://savannahgarden.net/uncategorized/2008/were-moving/ The muhly grass is so lovely now with the morning sun behind it. There's no saying which species this is. It's a native one that blazes on the sand dunes in fall, but there are 500 or so species and nobody knows them all. It is also the "sweet grass," ... http://savannahgarden.net/plants/grasses/2008/muhly-grass/ Oh horror! We've just got back from a month away. Someone's been mowing the lawn while we were gone, but we've had quite a bit of rain and the temp has been high, so the beds are a JUNGLE. Many thanks to the nice people who have commented while I've ... http://savannahgarden.net/warts-and-all/2008/the-weeds-are-as-high-as-an-elephants-eye/ The lotuses have burst out all over (Nelumbo lutea). They are bigger and more beautiful this year. You can even see the seed pods clearly. They are impossible to photograph because you need an aerial view. Thom says I can borrow the 17' ladder. I am slightly concerned that the lotuses ... http://savannahgarden.net/projects/pond/2008/lotus/ May Dreams' notion of "Bloom Day" is really impossible at this time of year. There is too much in flower to document it all. I strolled round the garden yesterday and found more than 30 things in flower. Here's a last look at the Easter lilies. They have been truly spectacular ... http://savannahgarden.net/in-bloom-now/2008/may-flowers/ Easter lilies are out. In a surprising twist for 2008, they haven't yet all fallen over. Do they lack calcium in their diet of something that they are usually so weak-kneed? This is really just me fiddling around with my new camera. It's going to take a lot of work. Never ... http://savannahgarden.net/in-bloom-now/2008/may-bloom-day/ My favorite Lobelia, 'Crystal Palace.' Unfortunately, it won't take the heat of our summers, so it is with us only briefly. The bog has turned from yellow to blue because the Iris pseudacorus is over and the purple pickerelweed (Pontaderia cordata) is in full bloom. It's not really purple. It's a ... http://savannahgarden.net/design/2008/purple-and-blue/ Sweet peas in full flower. And they are VAST--about 10 foot tall. I don't think I have ever seen them as tall as this. It must be the cow manure I dumped on the veg garden last fall. http://savannahgarden.net/plants/vines/2008/sweet-peas/ We had our first feed of beans last night. Haricots verts, I suppose if you want to be fancy, but they tasted like green beans to me. The sweet peas on the fence behind the beans are finally beginning to flower as they should. After a month of boring pink and ... http://savannahgarden.net/veggies/2008/spring-veggies/ I finally finished this over the weekend. This dragon guards the entrance to the vegetable garden. It was once much bigger and it was once a fountain (long story). Now, it merely guards the water feature. (What do you call one of these overflowing pots with a reservoir under the ... http://savannahgarden.net/design/2008/spring-colors/