by Dennis Footman | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
“From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens – the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind’s eye.” – Katherine S. White Now there is one place I can lose myself in and that...
by Dennis Footman | Nov 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
‘Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short… Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred and sixty six.’...
by Dennis Footman | Nov 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Why no Bamboos? They are often put together, but that one is for another day. Now these types of grasses give me far fewer problems than the types of grass in our lawns. There’s no weekly mowing, feeding is minimal, no scarifying, no aerating and they are...
by Dennis Footman | Nov 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved,...
by Dennis Footman | Oct 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
When the rest of the college is looking like this….. And this…….. There is one particular shrub that is not alway’s commonly known, that is looking rather spectacular ….. Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii (Harlequin Glorybower). A...
