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Urban Garden Winterizing
by
TheLastLeafGardener
(IC: blogger)
My recent postings here on HT have dealt with using a cast of characters to add ambience to one's indoor succulent garden (or anywhere in their home) through the use of whimsical figurines.
And because this past Sunday was Advent, it is time to share with you how certain whimsical figurines can add pizazz to one's succulent garden and throughout his/her home during the pre-Christmas season.
However, before I delve into that topic, and, since we are approaching (and may have reached) the season of the "W" word (W-I-n-T-E-R) in the northeastern United States, I would like to share with you some of the methods I have used in bygone years to winterize my urban (NYC) garden.
It is not too late for urban gardeners to think about how they might winter over their plants, shrubs, and herbs for the season. As most HT readers know, I have a lovely garden on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (as seen in image one), that is the result of years of “proper” winterizing, which I will be doing once again this Thursday, December 5th, and after that time (probably 12-7-13), I will provide more "how-to" specifics!
But if you want a "sneak preview," please see info @ https://www.facebook.com/TheLastLeafGardener/app_119255214825893
And because this past Sunday was Advent, it is time to share with you how certain whimsical figurines can add pizazz to one's succulent garden and throughout his/her home during the pre-Christmas season.
However, before I delve into that topic, and, since we are approaching (and may have reached) the season of the "W" word (W-I-n-T-E-R) in the northeastern United States, I would like to share with you some of the methods I have used in bygone years to winterize my urban (NYC) garden.
It is not too late for urban gardeners to think about how they might winter over their plants, shrubs, and herbs for the season. As most HT readers know, I have a lovely garden on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (as seen in image one), that is the result of years of “proper” winterizing, which I will be doing once again this Thursday, December 5th, and after that time (probably 12-7-13), I will provide more "how-to" specifics!
But if you want a "sneak preview," please see info @ https://www.facebook.com/TheLastLeafGardener/app_119255214825893
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Published December 3rd, 2013 12:00 PM
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Emily Green on Dec 03, 2013@TheLastLeafGardener Looks fantastic!
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Douglas Hunt on Dec 04, 2013Is that a Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in the corner? Love those!
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TheLastLeafGardener on Dec 09, 2013@Douglas Hunt I JUST NOW noticed your comment, my tree is a type of Larch and since you lived in NYC and love gardening you might appreciate this back story re my sweet tree: I bought it at a place on 44th Street and 11th Avenue and with the help of a colleague we wheeled it on my cart to my home in the UWS near Central Park. From there we took it up five flights of stairs before planting it in my roof extension garden! I had it for seven years before transplanting it which I did this past December. Then in January or February when a nor'easter hit NYC, my tree toppled over (image one) and some of the branches were broken, altering its shape. I was devastated. But the tree is slowly coming back into its own and all my visiting birds enjoy it as you might surmise from these images two and three.
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Douglas Hunt on Dec 10, 2013@TheLastLeafGardener I'm glad it is making a rebound, for you and the birds.
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