Thursday, September 12, 2013

Woodpeckers and Nuthatches

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323446404579011172323705040.html?KEYWORDS=Emerald+Ash+Borer

Red-bellied woodpeckers and white-breasted nuthatches populations are booming as they feast on the larvae of emerald ash borers.

Two of my favorite local birds, commonly seen in our garden.

Michigan Gardener

http://www.michigangardener.com/

Michigan is close to Wisconsin, right?

Terra Nova

http://www.terranovanurseries.com/gardeners/index.php

We heard about Dan Heims and Terra Nova Nurseries from Matt Singer at last night's garden walk at Boerner.

Bolero

http://www.waysidegardens.com/agastache-bolero/p/31529/

We have an Agastache 'Bolero' near the front step, it will be interesting to see if it survives the winter.

Late Season Blooms at Boerner

On Wednesday (9-11-2013), we attended the garden walk at Boerner Botanical Garden.

The topic was late season blooms.

The guide was Matt Singer from Four Season Landscape.

We saw a ton of blooms like asters, coneflowers, turtleheads, black-eyed susans, Ligularia, Anemone, and many others.

We also saw a beautiful white-tipped hemlock.

And we sampled the very tart fruit of the Cornelian cherry dogwood.

A beautiful evening for a garden walk, and lots of fun.

Counts as one hour continuing MGV education.

Keyhole Garden

http://www.hortmag.com/weekly-tips/garden-design/the-ins-and-outs-of-a-keyhole-garden

This looks like a fun project.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013