I NTO EVERY GARDEN SOME PESTS MUST FALL. And creep, and crawl, and hatch, and wriggle, and pupate, and fly and tunnel, and just plain materialize and cause havoc. Paradise (or so the tour guests called it recently) has its share of troubles this year, more than I’ve ever seen, actually. Am I paying stricter attention, or are they out to get me in a bigger way than in years past? Hello lily beetles, viburnum leaf beetles, tent caterpillars, various fruit-tree borers, and my old friend cedar-apple rust (above). How are we going to learn to get along? Or are we? [read more…]
trouble in paradise: galls, beetles & more woes
June 3, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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tour aftermath: 375 visitors, 1 million questions
June 1, 2009 at 4:07 pm
A BOUT 375 VISITORS AND A MILLION QUESTIONS LATER, Jack and I are resting comfortably—Jack in his giant terra cotta bowl out back (lined with kitty bedding, thank you), me in my favorite chair. Garden Conservancy Open Days are over (“Thanks goodness,” he says, in the funny way he talks), and it is possible we may not get up for quite some time. But before our next nap, a recap…in words and also in a slideshow…of new friends who visited from as far as Canada and Seattle, of the most-popular plants, and the most-asked questions (and their answers): [read more…]
