This post has been a long time coming. It’s been a couple months since we visited Shaw Park Gardens in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, but there were so many pictures to sort through, edit, and identify. Paul took notes while I fired off about a million pictures and it took a while to match up my […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – November 2018
So…I wrote this post last week, and was literally bragging about the mild weather while I had been seeing snow on other peoples’ feeds. Well, I guess it’s just winter now? I wasn’t expecting to have much of anything still blooming since last month, and up until early this week, everything described below was still […]
This Month in Gardening – November
Middle Tennessee Plant Swap – Fall 2018
I read about Facebook groups for houseplant swaps from Stamen and Stem Blog a few months back, and so I searched for a similar group on Facebook. I came across The Middle Tennessee Plant Swap Facebook group in my searches and joined immediately. While not a houseplant swap group, it was even better! I learned […]
Cheekwood Harvest
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – October 2018
This Month in Gardening – October
I am excited to continue this monthly installment of This Month in Gardening. I am perhaps most excited about planting all the spring flowering bulbs I bought – narcissus, crocus, anemone, leucojum. Just a reminder – I live in Nashville, Tennessee, which is zone 7 hardiness zone. Perennials For perennials – now is the time […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – September 2018
Most of the flowers I have in the garden are starting to fade, but I have a few still going! For this Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day in September 2018, I’m happy that some of the flowers I’ve planted have very long bloom times. The crepe myrtles, hydrangeas, and dahlias are still going strong; the lantanas […]
Begin with the End in Mind
“Begin with the end in mind” is a favorite phrase in education circles. Think about where you want students to be at the end of the year, semester, nine weeks, unit, or lesson, and then plan accordingly. In other words, make your unit test first, and then plan your lessons such that students learn the […]
This Month in Gardening – September
I want to start a new feature on my blog called “This Month in Gardening.” Each month, I will write about what gardening activities should be done in order to prepare or maintain your yard and garden. I am writing from zone 7A in Nashville, Tennessee, so most of these suggestions will pertain to Tennessee […]