Re: Garden Happiness
: Re: Garden Happiness
Yes Louise, in the summer Alaska's cool summer nights and long daylight
hours contribute to some of the most magnificent delphiniums you have ever
seen! Sometimes eleven feet tall! I am going to try get pictures of these
huge beasts today. After living with them all my life the moose are still
awesome...
> Karin,
>
> Your experience amazed me. It makes the problems of rabbits
> eating the plants seem rather insignificant. I remember
> reading an article in a magazine a year or two ago about
> gardening in Alaska. The author had similar problems to
> you, but with snow virtually covering up small trees in
> winter. He thought though that he was in rather a
> privileged position as far as gardening was concerned
> because he didn't have the tremendously hot summers that the
> rest of the US does, so in mid-summer his garden still
> looked good and fresh, whereas most other people's gardens
> just looked tired and brown. Perhaps you agree with him?
>
> Thanks to everyone for sharing their winter garden's
> experience with us. I've enjoyed reading them.
>
> Louise, Surrey, England
> Where the garden is still looking surprisingly green, not
> much has died back despite the killer frosts we had a couple
> of weeks ago, although I think I've lost my Echiums.
>
>
>
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