Submit Your Garden for 'Garden of the Day'
Now that the weather’s finally getting to the point where we can actually sit outside, we’re feeling more in the mood to talk about gardens. So for the next few weeks (or as long as the submissions come in), we’d like to feature photo(s) of readers’ gardens (or other planted spaces!), along with a brief…
Now that the weather’s finally getting to the point where we can actually sit outside, we’re feeling more in the mood to talk about gardens. So for the next few weeks (or as long as the submissions come in), we’d like to feature photo(s) of readers’ gardens (or other planted spaces!), along with a brief description of the thought-process and work that has gone into them. As a teaser, we’ve included a photo (above) of how one front yard on our block is coming along. Please email your submissions to brownstoner@brownstoner.com.
Also annuals are out of fashion. It’s all about the perennials with high-end gardens now.
As a longtime queens gardener, I’ve started planting earlier in the last 5 years.
Don’t know about all your Zones and whatnot, just what the soil and sky is telling me.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/spectacular-orchids-double-due-to-global-warming-475373.html
heres one article of thousands showing global warming has changed botanical patterns already.
“interesting things about global warming is that there will be cooler than average years as well.”
Thats an attribute of the global climate period, nothing to do with global warming. Please get your facts in order.
New York City was in 1990 and still is in 2008 in Zone 7.
Has not changed because of global warming.
Yet.
Actually global warming has had ZERO impact on the Climate and Hardiness zones. You really shouldn’t speak about what you do not know.
In fact, as ANYONE who knows ANYTHING about global warming knows that it is not an incremental increase in warmth in steady pattern at all and in fact one of the interesting things about global warming is that there will be cooler than average years as well. We might be embarking on one soon, in fact. The naysayers will be out in full force saying, global warming? but that’s how it goes…
Snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils are already past. What are you talking about 5.26?
If you are a “professional” gardener you ought to be up on the fact that the whole season has moved forward. heard of global warming. May 15th is off. I hope by “professional” you don’t mean you actually make your income that way.
I hate to point out the obvious, but suggesting that it is indeed early in the season was merely factual, not negative.
According to our climate zone, one should not even be planting annuals here until May 15th. Still a week away.
It’s been warmer than usual this year, so many things are weeks ahead of schedule. Even compared with last year.
So yes, it IS early. In the grand scheme of gardening, mine looks much better in another month or two.
And I’m a professional gardener.
And to suggest that unless your garden is a wonder of splendor in mid February, you know nothing, yeah…I’d call that pretty pretentious.
With that being said, one can have a perfectly lovely garden right now and many do. No need to jump down someone’s throat by stating the obvious just so you can sound smarter than someone else, 5:01.
Thanks, John Ife! My knight in shining armor.
I have noticed we see so many people who fuss over renovating the interior of a brownstone but then neglect the yard. And perhaps some of them consider gardening as an art “pretentious”? That’s odd to me because a garden is something everyone gets to enjoy who can see it from surrounding buildings, not just those who live inside the house. So it’s actually generous not pretentious to keep a beautiful garden year round.