Comments on: Jack’s back http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/jacks-back/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lynn http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/jacks-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3966 Lynn Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:25:21 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1459#comment-3966 Wow--that last picture of the blue/purple bed in frost is stunning. In the NY Finger Lakes, it frosted in mid-October, down into the mid-20s all last week, and it's snowing and blowing today! This is my first full winter here, so I'm sticking to the local admonitions to cut back most perennials, but I've left a lot with seedheads out for the birds and so that everything doesn't look so...gone! Thanks for the great photos! What is your player that pops up when you click them? Flash? <em>Lynn, brrrrrr!! I'm not ready for the cold and it's not nearly so chilly here yet. (I'm a wimp.) I'm glad you liked my pics - the cool picture overlay is a plug-in called lightbox. -kris</em> Wow–that last picture of the blue/purple bed in frost is stunning. In the NY Finger Lakes, it frosted in mid-October, down into the mid-20s all last week, and it’s snowing and blowing today! This is my first full winter here, so I’m sticking to the local admonitions to cut back most perennials, but I’ve left a lot with seedheads out for the birds and so that everything doesn’t look so…gone! Thanks for the great photos! What is your player that pops up when you click them? Flash?

Lynn, brrrrrr!! I’m not ready for the cold and it’s not nearly so chilly here yet. (I’m a wimp.) I’m glad you liked my pics – the cool picture overlay is a plug-in called lightbox. -kris

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/jacks-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3963 Pam/Digging Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:26:32 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1459#comment-3963 Here in Austin we expect our first frost around Thanksgiving, but in town we may only see 3 to 5 light freezes a winter (more outside of town). So the gardening goes on year round. In fact, for me, fall through spring is prime planting time. Cleanup of browned perennials occurs in mid-February, right before last frost. Winter is mighty short here, and the gardener's goal is to get the garden ready to survive summer. <em>Pam, I think I remember you saying once that you take your break from the garden during the high heat of summer - I can't imagine working out in the kind of temperatures you get then either! -kris</em> Here in Austin we expect our first frost around Thanksgiving, but in town we may only see 3 to 5 light freezes a winter (more outside of town). So the gardening goes on year round. In fact, for me, fall through spring is prime planting time. Cleanup of browned perennials occurs in mid-February, right before last frost. Winter is mighty short here, and the gardener’s goal is to get the garden ready to survive summer.

Pam, I think I remember you saying once that you take your break from the garden during the high heat of summer – I can’t imagine working out in the kind of temperatures you get then either! -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/jacks-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3961 Layanee Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:49:27 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1459#comment-3961 Wow, you do get frost late at Blithewold! We usually have a good frost in late September but this year the frost was a hard freeze with temps around 25F. That last picture of the frosty garden deserves a place on the mantel. Great photo! <em>Layanee, it's like a whole other world up in your neck of the woods! It's hard to believe we're in the same teensie weensie state. -kris</em> Wow, you do get frost late at Blithewold! We usually have a good frost in late September but this year the frost was a hard freeze with temps around 25F. That last picture of the frosty garden deserves a place on the mantel. Great photo!

Layanee, it’s like a whole other world up in your neck of the woods! It’s hard to believe we’re in the same teensie weensie state. -kris

]]> By: deb http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/jacks-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3959 deb Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:45:06 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1459#comment-3959 Your pictures made me shiver a little. <em>Deb, I think I was shivering a lot when I took them! But it's warm here again today - it's no wonder I haven't gotten used to the cold. -kris</em> Your pictures made me shiver a little.

Deb, I think I was shivering a lot when I took them! But it’s warm here again today – it’s no wonder I haven’t gotten used to the cold. -kris

]]> By: Sheila http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/jacks-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3958 Sheila Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1459#comment-3958 The great thing about blogging is getting an insight into gardening in different parts of the world. Here in Southern California we don't get frost so we never put our gardens to bed. It's work, work, work all year round! <em>Sheila, I don't know what I'd do in a year-round garden. When do you get to take a break and hibernate? -kris</em> The great thing about blogging is getting an insight into gardening in different parts of the world. Here in Southern California we don’t get frost so we never put our gardens to bed. It’s work, work, work all year round!

Sheila, I don’t know what I’d do in a year-round garden. When do you get to take a break and hibernate? -kris

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