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the 2009 garden in pictures: a slideshow

January 1, 2010

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JACK AND I WISH YOU EVERY GOOD THING in 2010 (however you wish to pronounce it, twenty-ten or two-thousand ten, or even two-oh-one-oh). As our parting shot, a look at some of the zillions of photos we enjoyed taking in 2009. Happy New Year! (Photo of us thanks to Erica Berger, and no, I am not torturing Jack. Promise.)

Click on the first thumbnail to start the show, then toggle from slide to slide using the arrows next to each caption. Enjoy!

Related posts:

  1. garden open day today: a mini virtual tour
  2. slideshow: a garden walk in winter
  3. slideshow: 8 favorite garden ephemerals
  4. slideshow: bits of beauty before the fall burn
  5. slideshow: bulbs in my garden

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  1. May V. says:
    January 14, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    I also found you through Mariana Greene’s article in the Dallas Morning News this morning. What a marvelous website! I am thrilled to have found it and thoroughly enjoyed the fabulous photos of your garden. I look forward to following your 2010 gardening adventures. Love Jack – a kitty with attitude!

  2. Margaret says:
    January 14, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    Welcome, May. Jack will love it — being called “a kitty with attitude.” He certainly has that (when he is not stoned on catnip, which is a lot of the time lately). I am glad you have found me and that we can garden virtually together in the season to come. I have a few months yet of waiting, but I will try to conjure up some offseason entertainment. See you soon again.

  3. Lynn says:
    January 18, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    Happy New Year, Margaret! Thanks for the beautiful slideshow & for sharing your lovely space and knowledge. You and Jack look great :)

  4. Kathleen says:
    January 19, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    I went to High School with Erica Berger. We were on the Conestoga staff together she has accomplished fantastic things. We had a fantastic adviser, Miriam Grant at NMSH.

  5. Margaret says:
    January 19, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    @Kathleen: How nice to hear from an old friend of Erica Berger’s. Yes, she is so talented, isn’t she? And a very true friend. Hope to see you soon again.

  6. Angela R. says:
    January 30, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    I saw a blurb about your blog in my local newspaper, and I really enjoyed logging on. I have been a fan since you were at Martha Stewart Living. Look forward to your garden in 2010!

  7. Margaret says:
    January 30, 2010 at 7:04 pm

    Welcome, Angela. How nice of you to come investigate. Especially nice for me at near-zero days here to have the warmth of your comment. :) See you soon again, I hope.

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Some stuff really gets A Way to Garden-ers going. Weigh in, or just lurk while everyone else shares about these hot buttons:

Compost, Compost, Compost

I am as proud of my compost heap as I am of any part of my garden. It is the archaeological record of my garden past; it is the stuff from which future gardens will arise. I read a lot about, from sources like these: Garden Organic, a 50-year-old British charity; Journey to Forever (don’t worry, not some into-the-bunker survivalist cult); and the vast Cornell Composting archive. Dig in.

Juicy Bits

375 VISITORS, 1 BIG RHODIE: spring garden open day, in a virtual visit. How it looked, and also what they all asked about

keeping deer out DEER FENCE: I tried every potion and anti-deer trick till I finally got real and fenced. Strategies for every garden situation.

secrets to great tomatoes TOMATO TIPS, seed to harvest: Dozens of tricks for a better crop.

yes, even in dry shade MY 4 TOUGHEST GROUNDCOVERS perform even in the worst spots, like dry shade. Maybe these tough perennials will serve you as well?

5 great small trees GARDEN-SIZED TREES can’t just be the right scale; they need to have multi-season interest, too, to earn a spot here. Maybe you have room for one of my 5 favorites?

10 underplanting do’s and don’ts MAKING MOSAICS—that’s what I call good underplanting of trees and shrubs with a tapestry of plants for many months of enjoyment. Here’s how I do it.

a ribbeting bullfrog whodunit LET BULLFROGS BE BYGONES? No way. Where have all my biggest frogboys gone? The latest frog mystery explained.

stars of the spring shrubbery BEYOND LILACS (and forget forsythia!), a slideshow of some of the finest spring shrubs you may not grow (yet).

speeding up the compost DRIVE BY, HIT-AND-RUN composting is my latest craze, and speeds up the decomposition process while making good mulch quickly. Here’s how.

making a 365-day garden THINK FALL (YES, FALL): Don’t get sucked in by spring-bloomers only when nursery shopping. A great garden happens 365 days a year: Shop smart to make it so.

the facts about bulbs SOMETHING UP with a flower bulb? Paltry bloom, or wondering when to feed or cut off the foliage? It’s all here.

must-read garden poem MY FAVORITE GARDEN POEM celebrates loss, one of gardening (and life’s) realities. It does it with humor: "Why Did My Plant Die?” is a must-read.

12 steps to sanity? HELP FOR GARDENERS: Hi, my name is Margaret, and yes, we operate a 12-Step program here. Welcome.

orchid rebloom made easy I REBLOOMED MY FIRST ORCHID last year (finally!) and it turns out to be pretty easy going. Here’s how.

my seed-starting 101 WHAT ABOUT SEED-STARTING in general? The A Way to Garden method.

crispy refrigerator pickles WHAT IS IT ABOUT refrigerator pickles that makes everybody so happy? Get those cukes growing now. And then some.

hail the stewartia I LIKE PLANTS THAT EARN THEIR KEEP. By that I mean they do more than a week or two of showing off; they look good in more than a single moment, or season. The small-ish to medium trees in the genus Stewartia are a good bet if that’s the kind of multi-season interest you are looking for. Sound good?

can-do pruning REPEAT AFTER ME: I can prune. I can prune. If you follow this simple method for starters, your woody plants will thank you.

the ‘other’ peonies JUNE IS PEONY TIME, the big raucous kind of peony time, but just before that another kind of peony you might want to consider adopting does its subtler, wonderful thing.

which lilac to plant? SO MANY LILACS, so little space. Browse a glossary of some of my favorites before you shop—maybe you’ll like them, too.