Catskill Gardens
With so many obstacles—deer, groundhogs, rabbits, bears, cold long winter, unpredictable weather—gardening in the Catskills is not a piece of cake. But with a little perseverance and patience, the rewards are spectacular!
The marvelous Andes Garden Tour takes place on August 6th this year.
Chick Charms ‘Golden Nugget’ sparkling with its frosty tips - so delicate yet such a show stopper! #crassuleaceas #hensandchicks #chickcharmsgoldnugget #succulents #hardysucculents #mygarden #frostymorning #gardening #plantgeek #latefallgarden #catskillgardens
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Cutting garden at Fall Clove. #basiliongardens. #catskillgardens. #cuttinggardenlove #fallclove
Updated my winter containers. #basiliongardens #wintergarden #catskillgardens
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Crocosmia ‘George Davison’. #basiliongardens #fallclove #catskillgardens
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Little guys a bit sluggish in the cold morning temperatures. #basiliongardens. #catskillgardens. #autumngarden
Lush. #basiliongardens. #catskillgardens
Love in the garden. #basiliongardens #catskillgardens
Catskill mountains August morning. #catskillgardens #basiliongardens
Turning up the autumn music. #catskillgardens. #basiliongardens #containergardening #autumnvibes
The place to escape with a book. Cool restful shady glade. #catskillgardens. #basiliongardens. #shadegarden
He-Shed project almost complete!! But I can't wait to show our piece of hillbilly heaven here in the Catskills.
Got a SHAGGY HEART? Trim & clean that baby up. There’s only 3 weeks left for that “Summer Romance”. Get with it. #topiary #topiarygarden #heartsabound #showyourlove #catskillgardens #foodforthought True
End of season harvest.
love this weird combination of plants. it evolved over many years as things died and changed; it was definitely not planned or designed but a series of choices over time. sometimes things evolves nicely through incremental choices:
This huge rugosa garden (not my idea!! - I tried to talk the client out of it) was created 6 years ago. It is such a beast to keep looking good.
Cutting garden, Dahlias coming. #basiliongardens #catskillgardens
Gardening ✨Gonna throw a bunch of newish gardening and cooking books in the front windows this week! #catskillny #magpiebookshop #catskillgardens
We installed this woodland garden about 10 years ago and the clients' maintain it themselves. I stopped by the other day to have a look and was delighted to see how nice it looks.
The orchestration of summer is building its tempo. Wildflowers, perennials, the Dahlia tubers I kept safe in a cooler all winter and the sunflowers I sowed in March all work together now, supporting the bees hummingbirds and butterflies. It’s such a sense of joy to look over what I’ve so carefully tended.
we hosted a benefit for a local arts group (The Roxbury Arts Group) this weekend and neither my wife or I took a single photo as we were so busy. we had, of course, spiffed up the garden so I took some photos yesterday as an afterthought. If you scroll to the end you will see my new Sango Kaku which I consider to be a climate change experiment and some picnic tables that we are going to keep to create a picnicking area in the shade.
this is year 4 for this meadow-ish experiment. we used all plugs or divisions (no seeding) and planted it in some crappy top soil. it has still not filled in to my satisfaction and reseeding seems to be slow, however if the f-ing critters didn't wreak so much havoc, it would look a whole lot better; of course, the photos were taken to make it look its best!! every time I try something in this style is a scary and daunting task.
May Day! Thanks to barnett.eva and lebretteur for preparing the beds, turning the compost, and lighting the way. Looking forward to new growth. Some #catmint and #columbine are up. New surprises to come from wildyarrowfarm
The Annual Andes Library Benefit Garden Tour is this Saturday, 8/6 between 11 and 4. Garden tours are that greatest way to spend a day exploring different neighborhoods, seeing people's properties and some varied and beautiful gardens. This tour has some new gardens this year and some that I am very excited to visit. A couple I have been admiring from the road for years.
this garden and amazing property looks so great this time of year. also, my love of gravel and rocks does help 😀
How does thy garden grow? Quickly!! Oh happy day, see you later… we are open 12-6
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The tour is a fundraiser for the Andes Public Library and a chance for rookie (and seasoned) gardeners to get tips and inspiration on cultivating in the Catskills.
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Call into the library the morning of the event to purchase a tour map.
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I still have to paint....deciding if I should stain the deck...hmm? Take up banjo playing?
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Pic 1, L to R: sundried tomatoes, Sriracha, Green tomato jam and a batch of pesto.
Making jam and Sriracha.
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Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’
Symphytum x uplandicum 'Axminster Gold' - from elysium214
Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum' - from elysium214
Mukdenia rossii 'Crimson Fans'
Picea mariana 'Nana'
Dianthus ‘Firewitch’
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Lysimachia lanceolata
Pinus banksiana 'Uncle Fogy'
Sedum Kamtschaticum ‘Variegatum’
Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’
Abies koreana ‘Icebreaker’
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Go the Andes Library in the heart of the village to make your donation and pick up your map. Be sure to come see me at my garden. Coming to my garden first would be a great start.
See you soon --- Mel
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