Comments on Hoe and Shovel: Hello December

Hi Meems, Merry Christmas to you. Thanks for the ...

2011-12-08T08:07:48.073-05:00

Hi Meems, Merry Christmas to you. Thanks for the nice spruce up of the point.pot. I'll share it with my wife. Your Miss Muffet look great. I really think people are missing an opportunity by not replanting caladiums throughout spring, summer and fall. Minus a hard freeze I'll bet the September planted Muffet will look good at Christmas. Congrats on being #3 blogger. You're

I love visiting your blog anytime, but especially ...

2011-12-06T09:29:59.092-05:00

I love visiting your blog anytime, but especially in winter when I can garden vicariously through your photos! Drool! :-)

Happy Holidays! I've gotten lazy with blog commenting because of Facebook. Hmmm....

Dear Meems, it all looks so beautiful~I know you a...

2011-12-05T16:35:58.220-05:00

Dear Meems, it all looks so beautiful~I know you are enjoying the pollinators~I miss the skippers most of all. gail

Hi Meems, i might already sound like a broken reco...

2011-12-03T02:39:30.074-05:00

Hi Meems, i might already sound like a broken record of always saying i love your garden, but it still is, and up to now they maintain the lushness even near the end of their lives. I don't get that long blooming spike of photo #4 which i forgot the name. Maybe because mine is too shaded, and of course not fertilized and just depend on rainwater. Our caladium also are starting to droop and

What a lovely garden that resembles mine in summer...

2011-12-02T12:04:37.177-05:00

What a lovely garden that resembles mine in summer...how wonderful to have all those pollinators..

Not a hint of the coming frost in your garden. It...

2011-12-02T09:54:21.467-05:00

Not a hint of the coming frost in your garden. It still looks as wonderful as it always does.

Got home from work at 9:30 tonight, and just wante...

2011-12-01T22:33:30.376-05:00

Got home from work at 9:30 tonight, and just wanted to check my email, and ended up getting lost in your blog again. I went to some of your posts from over a year ago, and loved getting a bigger picture of the development of your personal Eden. You are an inspiration!

I love your garden any time of year, Meems, but it...

2011-12-01T20:24:01.981-05:00

I love your garden any time of year, Meems, but it is such a delight in December. I love how you capture the glint of the sun in your shady domain, the butterflies and flowers and caladiums - and chartreuse. All so beautiful. Your photography puts us right in the midst of it. Thank you!

Your early December garden is full of color and li...

2011-12-01T19:53:24.284-05:00

Your early December garden is full of color and life. I like the mass planting of the pentas. We've had lots of skippers here too. Earlier I was not happy that their caterpillars were eating up my cannas, but now, I like having them about.

December looks a lot different in Massachusetts, b...

2011-12-01T13:43:09.028-05:00

December looks a lot different in Massachusetts, but I am celebrating my 4th blogoversary with a Giveaway, a copy of Succulent Container Gardens by Debra Lee Baldwin. Help me celebrate.

How refreshing to visit your garden! We had beaut...

2011-12-01T11:13:11.505-05:00

How refreshing to visit your garden!

We had beautiful Autumn color in the trees, but that's gone now. If it weren't for evergreen trees - pine, cedar, holly - we would be completely brown. We've had several grey, rainy days with temperatures below freezing at night and barely into the 30's by day, but today is sunny with expected high in the mid 50's. Hurrah!

Daisy, Adult children and the joys of grandchildre...

2011-12-01T09:13:47.498-05:00

Daisy,
Adult children and the joys of grandchildren are the fruits of life we can hardly imagine when the little ones are running around in our early years. But it is the sweetness our Lord provides for our later years. You will get there faster than you can blink an eye. Believe me.

The plant you ask about is a purple Philippine Violet (Barleria Cristata). It was a volunteer. I

Your garden looks lovely, Meems. What is that beau...

2011-12-01T08:24:09.595-05:00

Your garden looks lovely, Meems.
What is that beautiful blue bloom in the photo right before you talked about the skippers?

Glad you had a glorious holiday. It sounds like one I'm hoping for sometime in the future...

Cathy, I always welcome my friends from Israel. W...

2011-12-01T07:41:36.972-05:00

Cathy,
I always welcome my friends from Israel. What a treat to have you visit here.

WG,
Bumping into the Skippers is one of the joys of the season. Use a slow release fertilizer if you decide to give your pentas a boost. Mine have not been fertilized. But I did try to pay attention to pruning them back all summer. Rather than cutting them all back at once and living without

Your white wonder caladiums remind me of the wonde...

2011-12-01T06:03:34.846-05:00

Your white wonder caladiums remind me of the wonderful white we had this week. The seasons are rolling away. So glad to hear you had a good Thanksgiving.

Beautiful words Meems! I to had a wonderful Thanks...

2011-12-01T05:45:11.363-05:00

Beautiful words Meems! I to had a wonderful Thanksgiving being with my family.
The Skippers have been so numerous here I about run into them every time I walk around in the yard.
My pentas seem to not be happy at this time. May need to additional fertilizer.
Happy Dec. to you and yours.

What beautifull photos. The blog world is really ...

2011-12-01T04:55:44.555-05:00

What beautifull photos.
The blog world is really great when you can see how the gardens grow all over the place.