January/February
2007 Newsletter
The sparkling winter season, in full swing, doesn't
show any signs of slowing down. Some gardeners are grumbling and gloomy, pressing
their noses to the windows like dogs. "I wanna' go OUTSIDE!" This is
a time when gardeners can become anxious about those winter chores they planned
on completing. Once the weather breaks, gardens will become a flurry of activity
with winter pruning of deciduous trees, snow damage grooming and mulching. I can
hardly wait. If winter waits until spring to clear out there will be a backlog
of chores.
The coming season of spring brings to mind the perennial beds, filling with bulbs
and early spring flowers. It's a great vision on such a cold, frigid day. This
spring we will be renewing some perennials in established beds, lifting and resetting
to reinvigorate them. We also intend to try gravel mulch in some select beds where
the wood mulch just isn't working as well as we would like. Most beds will continue
with the mulch they have. Using gravel as mulch, a rock garden standard, will
be a trial status to see substantial improvements. Or not. I have personally had
some minor problems with using gravel, so I am keeping an open mind.
Blue Planet is working on a web site. John Staman is the in-house computer whiz
and champion and he's doing a fabulous job in creating this site. This will showcase
Blue Planet Earthscapes and our commitment to beauty, function and being careful
with the fragile environment. The site will be begin as pretty basic, but eventually
there will be gardening information, writings, photo "tours" of native
wild gardens, annual beds, containers, traditional and eclectic gardens, all from
within the Blue Planet family. Of course, we will not identify you or your gardens
to the public, but we think it will be fun to see your own garden and other gardens
from Blue Planet. We also hope to have a gardener profile for all of the gardeners
who work so hard at creating healthy gardens.
Here's hoping for a little more sun and a little less snow. Enjoy your winter
and please call if you have ideas, questions or simply have the blues and would
like to talk.
Fondly, Becky the gardener
"...A garden is like the self.
It has so many layers and winding paths, real or imagined,
that it can never be known, completely,
even by the most intimate of friends."
Anne Raver, taken from The Voice
Of Experience...FAMILY CIRCLE Easy Gardening
Blue Planet Earthscapes P O Box 861 Manitou Spgs, CO 80829 (719) 685 - 0290
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