Profile for Schatzi - Fine Gardening

Re: Spring unfolds in Pauline's California garden

This is what heaven looks like. Gorgeous! Calm and peaceful and full of color. Lenny looks like a love.

posted: 10:42 am on May 2nd

Re: Beth's garden in Iowa, Day 3--Attracting wildlife

Beth, your property is truly an inspiration. Gorgeous! I have been drooling over it all week. I have been a Washington State Univ. - Pierce County master gardener for almost 20 years, and appreciate your "no drugs" approach to gardening. And the results are awesome. I have 5 acres in western WA that I have been trying to civilize for many years. With our mild climate, it is an on-going battle to keep the weeds down and the woods back, but I love gardening. We have spring peepers here too, but they are usually emerald green, often with 2 copper stripes on their back. Gorgeous little guys. I have made my peace with the garter snakes, which are pretty much all we have here, since they eat mice and slugs, and they "run" away faster than I used to!
Michelle, I love-love-love this blog! Thank you so much for doing it and thanks to all who send in pics of their gardens.
You are all my gardening friends.

posted: 11:34 am on April 25th

Re: Beth's garden in Iowa, Day 3--Attracting wildlife

Beth, your property is truly an inspiration. Gorgeous! I have been drooling over it all week. I have been a Washington State Univ. - Pierce County master gardener for almost 20 years, and appreciate your "no drugs" approach to gardening. And the results are awesome. I have 5 acres in western WA that I have been trying to civilize for many years. With our mild climate, it is an on-going battle to keep the weeds down and the woods back, but I love gardening. We have spring peepers here too, but they are usually emerald green, often with 2 copper stripes on their back. Gorgeous little guys. I have made my peace with the garter snakes, which are pretty much all we have here, since they eat mice and slugs, and they "run" away faster than I used to!
Michelle, I love-love-love this blog! Thank you so much for doing it and thanks to all who send in pics of their gardens.
You are all my gardening friends.

posted: 11:33 am on April 25th

Re: Beth's garden in Iowa, Day 1

WOW!! You may not have known anything about gardening when you started, but you sure learned fast. Your place is exquisite. Thank you for the pictures. What inspiration!

posted: 9:29 am on April 22nd

Re: READER PHOTOS! Sheila's container gardens in Colorado

Wow! I like succulents too,but Sheila has an original and unique way of displaying them. I especially like the plant "waterfall" from the bench to the deck. Never would have thought of that. Gorgeous.

posted: 9:40 am on March 23rd

Re: READER PHOTOS! Kathy's garden in New York

Beautiful! Love the driftwood, especially the heron.

posted: 1:02 pm on March 6th

Re: READER PHOTOS! Andrea's espalier in Idaho

Hi Michelle. 40 is good. You have a long way to go yet! I am a 73 yr old gardener and my husband is an 83 yr old roller skater!! He skates the gold dances and is a speed skating referee - keeps him young and in shape! So you see, just keep busy doing what you like and it will all be good. Btw, our 50th wedding anniversary is May 26th! Where did the time go?
Our recent snow and ice storm destroyed our beautiful 30 ft Larch and trashed most of my dozen lilacs, but they should come back from the roots. We will have to grow another Larch. We like them. It's a pretty tree. Also split the top of my crab apple. I'll have to tape it back together and see what happens. The rest of the broken branches are in the woods where we can ignore them.

posted: 12:39 pm on February 1st