March: in like a lion, out like a lamb? I think not! Monday’s snow threw us all for a loop; we had already been thinking spring but in the Winterthur Garden that is not a hard thing to do. Winter still occurs for 3 months here but the amount of winter flowering bulbs [...]
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From White to Blue
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged chionodoxa, Garden, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, March Bank blue, spring, spring bulbs, winter flowering plants, Winterthur Garden on March 27, 2013 | 6 Comments »
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, Plants, tagged arborist, Azalea Woods, gardening, Gift in Tribute Program, nature, trees, tulip poplar, Winterthur Garden on March 26, 2013 | 1 Comment »
A crane made its way into the heart of Azalea Woods this winter to remove a tulip poplar tree whose structure was compromised after Sandy came through. Winterthur fared well in that storm by the way, but there were a few arboreal casualties. Tulip poplars are not rare in Azalea Woods or on the property [...]
To Me…
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged bulbs, Ceylon, daffodil, gardening, Narcissus on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Horticulturist, Jim Pirhalla lends his thoughts to one of his favorite Daffodil cultivars: To me, for all of the garden plants, daffodils (Narcissus spps.) have it made. Let me explain. After a long hard winter when even a yellow gum wrapper or a red cola can in the yard tricks one into believing that spring [...]
This Week in the Garden 3-19-10
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged bulbs, crocus, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, snowdrops, spring snowflake, squill, tips, winter aconite, Winterthur Garden, woodland flowers, woodland gardening on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing to think about the fact that two weeks ago we still had a fair amount of snow on the ground. Now, the woodland floor of many of our garden areas are covered in a multitude of flowers, with more to emerge with the impending warm weekend. I know that we are just about to [...]
What’s Flowering in the Children’s Garden
Posted in Garden, Plants, Products, tagged children, children's garden, environment, gardening, kids, life, lifestyle, nature, vegetables, Winterthur Garden on September 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Several visitors and staff members have asked for the names and sources of some of the plants growing in the children’s vegetable garden. I have copied the inventory below along with a very informal rating and source code. The rating scale is from “-” (no germination/poor performer) to “++” (star performer). If there is neither a plus [...]
H.F. du Pont’s Notes on His Garden in July
Posted in Garden, tagged gardening, July, life, Winterthur Garden on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Maggie Lidz HF du Pont made few notes about the Winterthur garden in July as he spent most of the month at his Southampton summer house. The exception was during World War 2. The notes that he made in July during the 1940s understandably focus on the farm and reflect some of the concerns [...]
July 1: Compost for a Healthy Planet
Posted in Garden, tagged compost, environment, garden programs, gardening, nature, Winterthur Garden on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesdays at Winterthur: July 1st 11:30 am at the greenhouses. All organic matter will decompose within time! Through active composting, you can turn organic matter from your backyard and household residues into a rich soil amendment to help improve plant growth, give roots a healthier environment in which to expand and stabilize, reduce potential soil erosion [...]
Gardening with Children
Posted in Garden, tagged children, children's garden, environment, gardening, kids, life, lifestyle, nature, vegetables, Winterthur Garden on June 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This last Saturday, Winterthur garden interns and staff helped 21 children plant their vegetable gardens for our annual “Kids Grow” children’s gardening program. Over the next 10 weeks children and their parents will watch their seeds grow, pull weeds, thin, pinch, water and weed their way to a nice harvest of salad vegetables. By the [...]
A Gardener’s Frustration
Posted in Garden, tagged gardening, life, weather, Winterthur Garden on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A gardener’s frustration with the weather is timeless and universal. The following excerpts, gathered together by our Estate Historian Maggie Lidz, are quotes by the du Ponts as they struggled with the Winterthur garden during the month of June, which was sometimes too wet, sometimes too dry and only very occasionally just right. June 5, 1942 [...]
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Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2013/5/23 May 23, 2013Time of Observations: 2013/05/23 07:45:00 EDT Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 69.6 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 67.7 deg. F Wind Speed: 5.5 mph Wind Direction: 168.7 deg. (SSE) Barometric Pressure: 29.96 inHg Solar Radiation: 42 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 7.2 mph Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 94 % Soil Temperature: 68.9 deg. […]
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