Garden Musings: Progress
Enjoy another entry in a new series of short form thoughts on gardening and gardeners. If you have something to say in 300 words or less, poem or prose, send it to us at [email protected].
Northern Virginia Bird Parents Face Caterpillar Shortages
Parents often feed their chicks even after they fledge, similar to what some human parents experience these days with their Millennial fledges. And while local parents have recently been confronting scarce supplies of paper products and frozen pizzas, these poor bird parents will tell you they’ve been suffering caterpillar shortages in this urban area for years.
Garden Musings: Listen
Enjoy the first in a new series of short form thoughts on gardening and gardeners. If you have something to say in 300 words or less, poem or prose, send it to us at [email protected]
Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life
While you may know Emily Dickinson as a poet, you may not know that she was also a gardener. In Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life—The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet, author Marta McDowell provides a fascinating look at Dickinson’s life and how gardening and the natural world informed her poetry.
What’s that dried grass doing in my window track?
Now that temperatures have warmed, we eagerly work outdoors in our gardens, while indoors, with perhaps less enthusiasm, we tackle our home’s spring-cleaning projects – like window washing. As you slide the screens or storm windows up or down the tracks, you may be surprised to see hay-like pieces fall on the sill. Inside a track, you likely will discover dried grass packed within the cavity along with cocoons.
Five Things to Know About Shakespeare and Plants
Every year Shakespeare gardens throughout the country and world plan special events around April 23 to honor William Shakespeare on his birthday. Until 2020. This year most gardens are closed to the public temporarily during the coronavirus pandemic.
But anyone can have a Shakespeare garden at home. Just plant some of the many herbs and flowers Shakespeare mentions in his works.