Feb 2007:
Many of the links are down and some pictures aren't loading due to recent site renovations. If you need something that you can't access right now, please email me at ssweeney44@yahoo.com
No new postings are planned for a while so please enjoy the 200 plus articles already on the site. And, please continue to post comments and questions.
Sue
TheMondayGarden.com, Eco-gardening at its best
July 23, 2006, Issue 213
July 30, 2006, Issue 214
Once orchids were for the rich. Today, thanks to tissue cloning, you can buy them at the grocery store. But what do you do with them once you get them home?
PICTURE: Phalaenopsis for sale in a garden center in Stamford CT, 2006.
With the generous assistance of Phalaenopsis expert, Molly Dugger Brennan, of Brennan's Orchids, LLC, TheMondayGarden.com's section on caring for Phalaenopsis orchids is being updated via Issue 213 and Issue 214.
CLICK HERE for Issue 213, an up-date on "MOTHS (PHALAENOPSIS): THE EASIEST HOUSE ORCHID;
CLICK HERE for Issue 214, Molly's own "PHALAENOPSIS CARE: A PRIMER", and lastly
CLICK HERE for Issue 213, Part 2, "HAS YOUR PHALAENOPSIS GONE TUBULAR?", an interview with Molly about a condition which affects some Phalaenopsis orchids.
TheMondayGarden.com, Eco-gardening at its best
July 16, 2006, Issue 212
To make more time for new material, TheMondayGarden.com is going bi-weekly for new articles; in between, there'll be an upgrading of existing material. So today, please re-visit Issue 171 (July 3, 2005) WHAT GREAT AMERICAN GARDENERS DO NOT DO, to renew our patriotic commitment to stop hurting the earth. Fortunately, doing your duty also leaves more free time and extra spending money for you.
picture: Gardens along the beach in the Waterside section of Stamford, CT. Summer 2006. Do you know your responsibility if you have the privilege of living near the water?
TheMondayGarden.com, Eco-gardening at its best
July 9, 2006, Issue 211
Trees improve property values, reduce energy costs, provide wildlife habitat, and, perhaps best of all, shade the garden. Many think a shady yard is a "problem". Wrong. Who wants to garden in the sun when it's 90F with 70% humidity?
PICTURE: strawberries, fern, primrose, coral bells, bog rosemary, Lenten rose, johnny-jump-up, mini-hosta, and a variegated Japanese grass in a petite stoop-garden, designed for viewing up close. Stamford, CT, 2006
That shady area under your tree, now a languishing bit of moth-eaten grass and moss or, worse yet, a sterile patch of pachysandra, can be a year-round delight, and require less weeding, watering, and feeding than lawn or a full-sun garden. Further, a shade garden can shelter some of our endangered woodland wildflowers.