Marjorie Harris | a life in the garden

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Plants in my Garden

Squirrel prevention tactics

This is a glorious shot of the Japanese maple I look at from my dining room all through the autumn. But this Blog is about squirrels: will it ever end? The squirrel brigade came up with the following: Tom from Oakville said that one of the reasons squirrels are so destructive is...

November 5, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants in my Garden

Bulb day! (Finally)

I have been trying to do this blog every day and some days are just too overwhelming because of my Gardening Life deadlines. So from now on I'll be blogging when I've got something to say. And today is BULB DAY: Here?s what bulbs are now in the garden. The idea...

November 1, 2007

In Design, Fall, Marjorie's Life

What to do about “gardening as exterior decoration”

Tomorow for sure bulbs. But I just got a long and thoughtful letter from a reader in Ottawa who is worried about the amount of ink given over to what she refers to as "gardening as exterior decoration." Here's her quote: "All this is a preliminary to saying that garden magazine writers...

October 30, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels

books: “Gardening Grief and Glory” and “The Apple: A History of Canada’s Perfect Fruit”

After waiting for ages to plant bulbs it turned so nasty over the weekend, bulb planting was turning into being no fun at all so I read instead. There've been a raft of new books coming in (three). One was given to me by Ed Laurence ?his book called Gardening...

October 29, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants

Oakleaf hydrangeas and promotional trips

Here's a good question from Lee: "I bought two oakleaf hydrangeas...

October 26, 2007

Squirrel prevention tactics

Bulb day! (Finally)

What to do about “gardening as exterior decoration”

books: “Gardening Grief and Glory” and “The Apple: A History of Canada’s Perfect Fruit”

Oakleaf hydrangeas and promotional trips

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