Comments on: A new Year, New Puppies, and, an Anniversary

By: john in cranston

john in cranston — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:37:11 +0000

Hey! I thought that the January birthday pilgrimage to Logees was my own personal tradition. I go tomorrow. If only I had room for more, ie I feel your pain.

Another year wiser, eh? And this one with puppies!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:58:56 +0000

Avant Gardens doesn't seem to be carrying double victorian nasturtiums; hopefully the one I got from them last year will successfully overwinter.

By: Wendy C

Wendy C — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:14:00 +0000

Hello!
Just discovered your blog ( from Pith & Vigour) and I love it, perfect timing for winter reading and dreaming. Plant crazy people are the coolest and most interesting people I know.

By: Nic

Nic — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:14:16 +0000

Congratulations on the anniversary! I do love acacia bouquets in the winter, I wish they were as common here as they are in France.

By: www.ravenscourtgardens. com

www.ravenscourtgardens. com — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:04:10 +0000

Happy Birthday! Congratulations on the new puppies, well done Daphne! Looks like you have been very busy. That is a real achievement 10 years. I have not blogged regularly this last year because running our small business too more time as we are growing. I do enjoy keeping up with everyone else's gardening trials and tribulations. Happy New Year!

By: Mlle Paradis

Mlle Paradis — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 02:52:09 +0000

wow! quite the ode to acacia. i totally get it about the lacy foliage and the mimosa flowers. but having lived in hawaii too, they are kind of like weed trees! the lehua honey is nice though i can't imagine growing acacia inside in pots. but love is love….and you are clearly hooked.

congratulations to daphne. can't wait to see the little ones get bigger.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 02:21:50 +0000

dear matt
great post! i remember those acacias. these are the kind of things that hook us.
my father worked as a gardener and attended flower shows. hé would always ask us four children, who wants to go? and i was the only one who ever wanted to make the trip. have a faint memory of one trip to a show in worcester; the heater in the truck was not working well–was there a place called mechanics hall? or could that have been a year in boston? as you can see, that was a very long time ago. but the acacias were there; they were so golden and other-worldly and fragrant–indelible impressions for a young kid in the early 50's.
all best,
~ 02568

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:34:19 +0000

I love your blog and every thing you've written about. Plants, yard, greenhouse, dogs, etc….

By: Dee Nash

Dee Nash — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:55:00 +0000

Happy Anniversary! Happy puppies! Thank goodness things finally straightened out, and she's able to feed the puppies. I can't imagine no painkillers either. Ugh. I love your blog. You know that. Thank you for all your wonderfully geeky posts. From one geeky gardener to another.~~Dee

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:50:06 +0000

Hybrid delphiniums flower reliably in their first season even from seed here. Do they sulk in your hotter summers?

For over 50 Acacia species from seed australianseed.com offer a wider range than I can source local in the UK.

Chad.