THOUGHTS ON KEEPING WARM:
( or VAROIUS METHODS for CONQUERING the COLD)
The time-honored practice of protecting tenderer trees has been accomplished in several ways around here.
( or VAROIUS METHODS for CONQUERING the COLD)
The time-honored practice of protecting tenderer trees has been accomplished in several ways around here.
Remembering how her father wrapped their fig trees in Connecticut, Lys super-wrapped our Fig Tree Ficus carica ’Brown Turkey’ first in hay, surrounded that with burlap , then a tarp; and added a Khmer goddess and a rock for good measure.
This next is my loose approximation of a Christo.
Notice how the English Garden Twine caresses every curve of the fledgling summer magnolia that I am trying to accustom to the maybe-too-shady spot.
Wrapping a tender plant, here a prized big-leaf
Farfugium, like a gift basket is another favorite method to be accomplished with a few squares of burlap (available at most garden centers, but you usually have to ask for it) and more of that fabulous English Garden Twine, which has a million uses.
Farfugium, like a gift basket is another favorite method to be accomplished with a few squares of burlap (available at most garden centers, but you usually have to ask for it) and more of that fabulous English Garden Twine, which has a million uses.
The Farfugium came from Plant Delights. They got it from Marco Polo Stufano, so I feel particularly protective about it because not only is he the retired originator of the great gardens at Wave Hill – he is now conferring with LongHouse via The Garden Conservancy on our new Affiliate status. And you know how I feel about LongHouse.
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| LongHouse, East Hampton, NY Excerpted from Volume 31 of DIRTIER. You can read the entire issue HERE. |
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