Plant trekking and reading about gardening
- Subject: Plant trekking and reading about gardening
- From: C* I*
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:53:10 -0500
>Hello All,
>
>This is my first post here, but I am active on a daylily list and read the
>occasional post that arrives from a grass list I also receive. I garden
>in mostly full sun and grow mainly perennials with a few herbs and
>reseeding annuals tossed in to the mix.
>
>I too have gone on plant treks; mostly with my next door neighbor armed
>with a road atlas and the issue of People, Plants and Places that lists
>all the garden centers and nurseries they can with in the New England
>states. I also plan to hit all the gardens listed in The Adventurous
>Gardener - a review of many New England Gardens which specialize in the
>unusual. I'd like to add an other source of plants - society plant sales
>auctions. I know at the NE Daylily Society annual public sale and auction,
>people walk away with some real bargins and things that won't be found at
>a local nursery. I got my best hostas there!
>
>I can only imagine about losing a local treasure like Mourning Dove - I'd
>be heart broken to lose either of my favorite fixes - The Mixed Border or
>Rolling Green. The first is about 25 minutes away and second about an
>hour, but both do lots of cutting edge plants.
>
>Reading - I love Henry Mitchell and have all three gardening books. I
>also adore Beverly Nichols and just got Down the Garden Path from
>Amazon.UK Timber Press reissued the Merry Hall Trilogy - a definite must
>read.
>
>TV Gardening - I love Ground Force (on BBCAmerica) and will watch almost
>anything on gardening on TV. Too cold to be outside now.
>
>Happy Holidays All,
>
>Cheryl
>
>
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Cheryl P. Isaak, Londonderry NH (cheryl@isaak.mv.com)
Zone 4/5a - AHS Region 4
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