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LONDON, Thursday—I think that Americans might be interested to know how people here are managing when goods of every kind are so scarce.
To buy a man's suit requires 24 coupons—and that is about all the clothes coupons a man or a woman gets for a whole year! A pair of shoes costs 9 coupons, so one cannot buy a suit in the same year that one buys new shoes.
The coupons required for a woman's dress varies a little according to the kind of dress. It is possible to buy a couple of cotton dresses and still buy some stockings and underwear and shoes. But it is not possible to buy a winter dress and a winter coat the same year. People are feeling this more now than during the war because all the clothes they had from prewar days have now worn out, and the new things they are able to buy are not of as good quality.
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It is particularly hard to dress children because they outgrow their clothes. A woman with children passes on to some other family whatever they outgrow, and still another family passes on to her what their children outgrow. This is a good system, but it leaves very little opportunity for the exercise of personal preferences.
If you know of any couple over here who are expecting a baby, I think they would bless you no matter what you sent in the way of baby clothes. And if you know any newlyweds, you may be sure they would welcome curtain materials or covers for furniture. Whatever is available to them does not offer great choice either in quality or quantity.
One woman told me that she was thankful for her work with the Women's Voluntary Services because she had to wear her uniform during the war, so that any of her prewar clothes which were in good condition could be brought out after the war and treated as new clothes. She was only sorry that she had not been more extravagant in those prewar years.
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Another interesting thing is that the very rich and even the near rich tell you they are living on their principal, and they wonder rather lightly what they will do when they have no more principal. Though wages for domestic servants are on the average about half what they are in the United States, many women today are doing work in their homes that they did not do in the past—just as with us in the United States.
It is harder here, for the houses are not planned for labor-saving. And even if the women could have some of our labor-saving devices, they would not be allowed the electricity to run them.
Even at Windsor Castle, there is a notice in every room from the Master of the Household admonishing guests and staff to use only such lights as are necessary and to remember to turn them out; also not to waste hot water. There is no heating in the castle except in the corridors and from small grate fires in every room.
This is a country which is being conditioned to saving by long discipline in handling shortages. We at home who are so wasteful will have to reform somewhat, for if the world is really to be one world, we can't do all the squandering in one place and all the saving in another.
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The other night, I had the pleasure of meeting Sir William Reid Dick, the sculptor of the statue of my husband which I am to unveil. As he never saw my husband, I confess that I am very anxious to see how he has portrayed him. However, one of the best portraits of him was painted by an Englishman, Frank D. Salisbury, and I suppose Sir William must have seen that many times.
At a luncheon given by Sir Campbell Stuart, I met the newly appointed British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Oliver Franks, and his wife. I think both of them will find themselves at home very quickly in our country. Sir Oliver has been there a number of times.
The other afternoon I went to the American Woman's Club and met Americans who are over here for various reasons, and also some of their British friends and relatives. Several hundred people came in to greet us.
Every now and then, someone came along the receiving line who had been at school with me at Allenswood near London, and I was ashamed whenever I found that I could not even recognize these old schoolmates. But I suppose that if I had a little more time to talk with them, some gesture or mannerism would carry me back to the old days.
It does not look as though I am going to have much free time, and I have begun to write my columns in the middle of the night because I cannot count on any time during the day!

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Tewari, SK (1987) Wind generated electricity in perspective. Technical Report. National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, India.
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Wind generated electricity (WOE) is emerging as a13; serious choice for consideration while planning additions13; to the installed power generation capacity. Currently,13; the cost of one unit of WGE is a little over one rupee13; as found from the experience of demonstrational windfarms.13; This estimate is in respect of sites having mean wind13; speed of about 20 km/hr. A possibility of lower cost of13; electricity through availability of windier sites is rated13; rather low. Windy sites are also expected in mountains13; where strong winds are known to exist. Whether these could13; also be better than 20 km/hr is hard to predict. On the13; other hand, some significant cost reductions seem feasible13; through the choice of light weight machines. Such designs have also been suceessful in California. Our experience13; had been only in respect of more common machines which13; were also imported. These are evidently heavy and therefore13; less likely to be cheaper through further competition,13; economy of scale or through indigenisation. In the market13; environment, low weight designs are not as cheap as they13; should be. Cost reduction possibilities are more definite13; through indigenous development on similar lines. Light13; weight rotors on much taller towers should also be experimented which will permit tapping strong winds lowing at about 150 metres height. A map of wind speeds at this height shows several sites of the order of 25 km/hr. At such sites, tall tower designs are expected to be cost-effective. The higher cost of taller tower would be compensated by proportionately higher generation of electricity. With possible improvements in the near future, even sites of 20 km/hr could be harnessed. This is possible even tOday on top of low hills and ridges in some areas which do not currently appear on the energy maps based on surface winds of about 10 metres height. In future, when megawatt class machines become available they would automatically tap the winds blowing at 100-150 metres height due to their large rotor and taller tower. With the 'isolated unit' mode of deployment so well suited to such machines, the land would be utilised more efficiently than under the current 'windfarm' approach.
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In the initial stages of brainstorming design, specifically when it comes to
reactive changes to the interface, I'm commonly sketching boxes and buttons
on graph paper or a white board.
Then I started thinking about the playroom I had as a child, and we had a
big felt board down there with a large box of various different colours of
felt dogs, flowers, birds, trees etc. Just put the little felt character on
the board and it would stick.
I'm thinking this old-school toy would actually work really well in place of
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layout and change according to system state.
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British Embassy in Algiers open
The new British Embassy building in Algiers, designed by John McAslan + Partners, has created an elegantly composed focal point for cultural, political and commercial contact between Britain and Algeria. It is unquestionably the first example of truly contemporary 21st century architecture in the city. Innovative in terms of design and the way its details have been crafted, the Embassy is also the first building in the country that demonstrates outstanding environmental performance.
Decades after Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer proposed their bold visions for the country, John McAslan + Partners (JMP) have endeavoured to re-open the book of architectural modernism here once more – this time to design and deliver a cross-cultural meeting point in a city that is itself intent on creating templates for 21st century change.
The embassy is the first major example of modernist architecture in Algiers since Corbusier managed to complete an apartment block in the 1940s. Modernism and colonial architecture are not at war here, but in calm and rational discussion about relative massing, articulation, materials. JMP wanted to produce an architecture that was very obviously of the 21st century – without offending the decorum of the Ambassador's Residence, or the site. The building conveys a fusion of cultural influences in a city that was the 2007 Arab Capital of Culture. Its form and layout are certainly modernist; but key details express facets of Algerian and Islamic precedents in a vividly contemporary way.
Sited in the gardens of the 19th century Ambassador's Residence, the design was predicated on the key sightline from the Residence to the Bay of Algiers, and on two other key issues: first, a standoff perimeter zone, and second, the creation of an even more attractive landscape arrangement than had previously existed. The building incorporates an innovative 6m high twisted fins – inspired by the details found in Algerian palaces – which provide shading to the glazing that faces the Residence. The slats, made of FSC-certified Brazilian secondary species hardwood, were steam-twisted by timber expert Michael Berringer; and this twisting was designed not only to reduce solar gain on the façades, but to create beautifully brindled shadow patterns.
The outer façade is animated by glazed slots in the stonework screen that project dramatic and constantly changing patterns of shadow and light on the fair-faced concrete inner facades, creating a cool, calm, crisply detailed volume. It is the first time that this type of concrete has been used in Algeria and involved extremely skilled, 'hands-on' techniques by contractors Mace and Bouygues, as well as regular site inspections by Project Architect Simon Goode and assistant May Tang. The end walls of the building are clad with timber slats, selected from species which require little maintenance.
The successful delivery of a building of cultural representation and inclusion depends, ultimately, on how well it is built and how closely it matches the vision of its client and architects, thus a key challenge was to ensure that architectural quality and detail was properly expressed 1,029 miles away from the UK.
From the garden, the massing of the three-storey building appears to be reduced because the ground floor is partly sunk into the topography. The ground and first level floorplates step back in plan, delivering a building of 1,800m² gross internal area on a tight footprint. JMP's in-house landscape team re-worked the setting with a series of curving, parallel walls that redefine the landscape and preview the arced internal spaces of the new building.
Finely crafted detailing is just as evident inside the building, particularly in the circulation areas where the design of the wooden stair-treads, balustrades, and wall and ceiling details have given them a purity of line and finish worthy of the Bauhaus; and they, too, are illuminated by lines and bars of light falling from rooflights.
The finished Embassy, formally distinct and highly contemporary, is the first building in Algeria with a BREEAM rating, which achieved a Very Good. This was a challenge, given Algeria's often extreme climatic conditions, but achieving a sustainable design was a fundamental part of the process, from the building's orientation to reduce excessive solar gain, to the use of highly efficient lighting systems. The exposed concrete structure provides thermal mass to reduce peak-period cooling demands, and higher than usual floor-to-ceiling heights allows hot air to stratify, which meant a low-energy under-floor air conditioning system could be used. A green roof covers the building's ground floor extension, and roof-mounted solar panels reduce energy requirements for the heating of water.
One of the legacies of the troubled recent history of Algeria has been the flight of professional and manually skilled people. The construction team employed local labour when possible and provided training as required. Bouygue's French and Moroccan team worked closely with JMP and the local workforce to achieve a quality that all could be proud of.
JMP's architecture joins a small but august club of modernist design interventions in Algeria. Le Corbusier's legendary Plan Obus, in the 1930s, proposed a vast serpentine 'cliff' of continuous apartments along Algiers' corniche, with a highway running for miles along its flat roof. Only a small portion of the scheme - significantly modified - was built. In the late 1960s, the equally legendary Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer, created the strikingly sculpted university campus at Constantine - and this, too, used curved forms. The new Embassy building represents a new moment of architectural and cultural innovation, and commitment.
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Korperwelten (German for Body Worlds, by which it was called in some countries) is an anatomical/art(?) exhibition put on by German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens, in which he displays people preserved through his newly-developed plastination technique, which involves saturating the body with special plastics. Real people (dead, that is) are displayed in everyday poses with various parts of their internalities showing, i.e. skeletons, muscles, nerves, etc. A grotesque yet strangely fascinating idea. On particular man is standing holding his entire body's skin in his hand, with all his underlying muscles flexed and tensed accordingly. People playing chess, posing, and riding horses are also present. Organs are exposed showing inner workings.
The exhibition started in 1998. Unfortunately, the exhibition hasn't yet gotten to America or Australia, but has been seen by more than 8 million people in Japan, Germany, Austria and Belgium. All the cadavers were consenting donors.
For more information visit www.koerperwelten.com (yes, the website is spelt like that, but the name isn't. Don't ask me).
For some reason I expected to be greeted by a horrible smell! The posters and television adverts for this display made it seem that these 'models' were temporary and had a short shelf life. The way the pictures in colour showed parts of skin peeled back and muscles and bones on display I could only associate it to animal quarters you see hung up in a butcher's shop before they are chomped into chops!
The plastination method makes these 'subjects' solid and longer lasting than all other earlier forms of preservation and mummification.
The audience was queuing down the lane in the pissing rain and I was a bit anxious at the number of ankle bitters aka children that were there with their adults. I thought to myself 'great!they are gonna be crying and screaming all the way through this!'
No. I was walking round gagging and trying not to be sick when I forced myself to remember these are not just objects but were once people! Its a bizzare concept when you've never seen a person with their face split in two wearing a hat!
The displays are informative and they are displayed with a comedy element. There is a huge man(?) riding a bike and another fantasty pose which only reminded me of Harry Potter!
The kids in the museum seemed fine, only a couple crying in the dead babies section. One man was sat feeding his child a bottle of milk next to the display called 'The Runner'!
Since experiencing that exhibition I've not been too keen to eat red meat on the bone, I've had some strange dreams and I've started looking at people differently. I visualise people in the same way as some of the subjects in the exhibition. I think this display would also be a great educational tool for racists, behind the skin we are all the same hey? I'd like to see it all again, this time I'm prepared for it!
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(2) Upon a motion filed by the district attorney in the circuit court, the circuit judge may appoint a reporter who shall attend the sittings of the grand jury to take and report the testimony in any matters pending before the grand jury, and may appoint a parent, guardian or other appropriate person 18 years of age or older to accompany any child 12 years of age or younger, or any person with mental retardation, during an appearance before the grand jury. The circuit judge, upon the district attorney's showing to the court that it is necessary for the proper examination of a witness appearing before the grand jury, may appoint a guard, medical or other special attendant or nurse, who shall be present in the grand jury room and shall attend such sittings.
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Here, off leafy and secluded Golf Lane, in the Suffolk seaside town of Aldeburgh, composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, the singer Peter Pears, lived and worked. Today The Red House is the home of the Britten—Pears Foundation, which invites you to come and discover Britten's music in the place where much of it was written.
The Studio where Britten composed is open to visitors throughout the year. So too are: the Gallery, featuring an engaging exhibition for all ages; the historic Library where Britten and Pears rehearsed; and the Gardens.
The House itself is open during the summer months, presenting the domestic interiors as they were in the mid-1960s. The newest addition to the site - our award-winning Archive - is open by appointment to anyone wanting to research the uniquely comprehensive collections here at The Red House.
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Tea, coffee and cold drinks are available, along with a selection of books, CDs and DVDs. All areas of the site are wheelchair-accessible except for Britten's studio and the first floor of the house (a virtual tour of these rooms is available at reception).
Getting there
From the A12, take the A1094 to Aldeburgh. At the roundabout past the supermarket, take the first exit: the B1122 Leiston Road. Golf Lane is the second turning on the left, directly after the 40mph speed limit ends. Users of satnav and online mapping systems beware: you may be misdirected into Linden Close, from where there is no access to our site.
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July 28, 2005
Gardening for a Good Cause
People garden for lots of good reasons, such as exercise; tasty, homegrown vegetables; a creative outlet, etc., but this was the first time I've gardened for a good cause.
Our gardens were part of the Bright Beginnings Garden Tour, sponsored by the City of Plymouth with proceeds benefiting both the city's Millennium Garden and a mentoring program for teen mothers at North Memorial Hospital. Since Graham was born at North, this was especially meaningful.
The tour organizers must have done some tremendous promotional work because they reached the tour capacity of 150 people and even had 25 to 30 people on the waiting list!
Five bus loads with 162 gardening enthusiasts made a round robin circuit of six different gardens in Plymouth with lunch and a presentation by local gardening personality Bobby Jensen following at the Plymouth Creek Center.
I have a feeling we were probably the smallest garden on the tour, but we pulled out all our tricks to make the gardens look great. We even placed Graham's fire truck and wagon over dead spots in the lawn. Brian and I answered lots of different questions about plants, butterflies and wisteria. And people were literally lined up to get in.
The most frequently asked question came as a big surprise to me. On each tour, several people asked about the bergenia that edges both our window wells at the back of the house. While I love its big leaves and interesting texture, it's always just been a nondescript background plant to me. Who knew it would cause such curiosity?
Other questions focused on the source of some of our garden supplies, such as "Where did you get your lavender incense sticks?" Smith and Hawken. "Where did you purchase your copper fountain?" Smith and Hawken. "Where did you purchase your copper pots?" Smith and Hawken. You get the idea.
The people were fun to watch. Some were definitely serious plantspeople while others were just there to spend a pleasant morning. I think everyone had a good time, and hopefully picked up a new few ideas for their own gardens. Plus it was a beautiful day, and the tiger swallowtail butterflies were abundant.
I admit it was rather fun to play the 'garden expert' again, especially when talking about such an overwhelming passion of ours. And if you were to stop at any point of the garden and take a 360 degree panoramic sweep of the yard, I'd have to say it was looking its best. Here are a series of panoramic photos Brian took earlier this week.
Brian stayed back to hang out with Graham so I was able to attend the lunch with my cousin Karen who drove all the way from South St. Paul to attend. Before the speaker began, each of the gardeners who hosted the tour was presented with this very attractive stepping stone, which will be a welcome addition to the gardens.
Special thanks go to our landscape designer Jay Siedshlaw of Dundee Nursery for being present to answer questions as well that morning.
Cut Flowers
This week a few coworkers and I had lunch at the home of our former division head and his wife. They moved into a new home about a year ago and had a new remodeling project to show off. And some gorgeous gardens. They have both been busy.
Before we left, I visited their bathroom and was stopped dead in my tracks by the most delicious fragrance. I looked around to see what special scented soap or lotions were on the vanity counter and then realized that the aroma was coming from an arrangement of cut flowers from Diana's garden.
When I commented on them, she said she always has cut flowers in her house – either from the garden or purchased. What a lovely thing to do.
But for some reason, I just can't seem to cut my flowers to make a bouquet each week. Occasionally I'll cut a stem or two of something to brighten up my office at work but I rarely have a vase with blooms from the garden inside the house.
Maybe I feel I don't have enough to cut and still have enough to look good in the garden, maybe I'd just rather see them outdoors. It could also be that any vase in our house has a pretty good probability of getting knocked over by one kid or another.
I'll have to work on this one. Both the purple phlox and white "David" smell especially nice right now…
A Week of Joy and Sorrow
In the midst of all the pre-tour panic attacks, there was joy. I had a long chat with my childhood friend Amy in NYC to congratulate her on the birth of her new baby girl, Hedda Marie. Both mom and babe are doing well.
There was also sorrow: I learned that Tim Fiske, the former assistant director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the man who gave me my start there, passed away last Sunday. He will be greatly missed.
As I still miss my friend Tony Pezalla who died of cancer nearly three years ago. After the garden tour lunch, I visited his memorial bench at the City of Plymouth's Millennium Garden. Tony and I were in the same Master Gardener class, and he was my native plant mentor. I hope he has been enjoying my prairie patch.
What's Happening in the Garden Now
The butterflies continue to flutter about. The tiger swallowtails have been joined by pretty little white butterflies that are probably damaging cabbage moths. Ah, well.
Some plants will be hitting their second wind soon. The wisteria has put out a few buds, as have the roses, Walker's Low nepeta and others. I've also noticed another flush of grown on the Hidcote lavender but I don't expect more blooms from them.
The Mystery Plant
As many people figured out, the mystery plant last week was cardinal lobelia. Can you guess the plant this week?
Here's What's Blooming Now
Ligurlaria "The Rocket"
Cardinal Lobelia
Nasturtium "Peach Melba" and others
Rudbeckia "Goldsturm"
Phlox "David"
Russian sage
Hydrangea "Annabelle"
Coreopsis "Moonbeam"
Campanula "Blue Clips" and others
Joe Pye Weed
Purple coneflower
Butterfly weed
Alpine strawberry – and fruiting, too
Indian blanket
Nepeta "Walker's Low"
Garden Chores for the Week
With the tour over, my desire to work hard in the garden has suddenly vanished. I've reached the point in my summer when I long to lounge around on the willow furniture with a good book and a cool drink and be lazy.
So I'll do the minimum required to keep the plants living and take a break for a while. (Yeah, right!)
Vegetable Garden
To keep the runner beans producing fruit, I should be harvesting daily.
The Roma tomatoes are starting to ripen.
Today's Grahamisms
"Glynis and Pont are just not using their manners. For Christmas we should get them the Big Book of Doggy Manners, and that's all."
"I wonder what dogs dream about? I know! I'll bet they dream that Santa will tell them that for Christmas, they can go poop and potty inside the house, just like people."
These next gems were all uttered during a 20-minute commute home this week.
Graham's solution to a traffic jam:
"Whenever you see a car that is colorful, follow it."
"…So if atoms are inside our bodies, are they friends with germs?"
"Oh, I just felt a germ run inside my leg right now!"
"Only cheetahs can run as fast as infinity!"
"If you get shocked by lightning, it won't be any fun."
"On sunny days, I like to go to the pool with my dad, and on rainy days, I like to go to the stores."
"I think that we should go to the store that says "Holiday" on it for our next stay-home stays because that's where you have a holiday."
Graham also got his soccer report from his summer program. As you can see, he is doing well and his father is very proud to see him excelling in sports, as Brian once did himself.
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July 24, 2005
The Stones were right. There are times when I look outside at my gardens, and I can't get no satisfaction. All I can see are the flaws and the gaps and the "what was I thinking?"s.
I know I'm not the only gardener who feels this way. In fact, a while back Sylvana sent me the following post, "Even though so many people come up to me every week and tell me how much they enjoy seeing my garden and that they even route their walks and drives home just to see them. Sad, isn't it, that I just can't be satisfied with my own art?"
I hear you, sister.
This whole feeling of angst is really roiling to a head for me right now. Next weekend we are participating in our first garden tour. There will be 150 people visiting our gardens on Saturday morning, and I've already started my mental catalog of excuses for what I see as their faults:
1. We have two dogs so the lawn looks terrible.
2. I work full time with a long commute so I don't have much time to garden.
3. We have a small son. See Number 2.
4. Rabbits are running wild in the gardens and are eating everything.
5. The weather in June was really cold.
6. The weather in July has been really hot.
7. Some of my favorite plants didn't come back this year.
8. And so on and so on and so on.
There are times I look outside and I really love what I see. Or maybe I love what I know I'm going to see in three years. I use that three year rule a lot, as in, "Oh, it looks good now but in three years it will look really great!"
So what's wrong with us? Why can't we just be content with how our gardens change throughout the seasons? Each area has its own particular strengths and looks best at different times of the year. It's a masterful gardener who can make everything look great all the time.
Maybe that's the problem. Maybe we know that we can always do better, that with a little more care and attention, next year the gardens will look that much more impressive and beautiful.
And I think that constant desire to create something beautiful is what keeps us gardening.
So wait 'til you see my gardens in three years!
Compost Queen I Am Not
While on a cerebral/academic/former Master Gardener level, I know it's really environmentally important to compost, and I do religiously put garden clippings and kitchen waste in my bins, the other more slothful/sluggish/lazy part of me thinks, "Turn it over frequently? Are you nuts? It's hard, heavy, yucky work!"
That's why every year I have things like this potato plant sprouting at the edge of my bins. If I was really doing a good job of maintaining it, like turning it frequently so the green stuff gets enough oxygen so the temperature will get hot enough to cook everything down, it would be too hot to grow vegetables in it.
Ahh, well. I also know if I'm just patient enough, the plant material will break down on its own. So being lazy could actually benefit me on this one: pretty soon I'll have some Yukon Gold potatoes to harvest!
What's Happening in the Garden Now
I continue to be visited by Peter Rabbit, and now his juvenile derelict little brother Pauly has come along, too. One night I stepped out to pick some lettuce and there was the cutest little bunny, about the size of my hand, calmly hanging out inside my semi-fenced raised beds, eyeing my crops. Probably munching on them too.
What's it going to take to get these ravenous little beasts out of my garden? I feel like Henry II asking of Thomas a Becket, "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"
Except I would substitute "pest" for "priest" and then I would feel really bad if someone actually killed the stupid things and eventually got them canonized so they'd be St. Peter of the Garden and so forth. Now that would be another fine mess I'd gotten myself into.
The hummingbirds are back! I was chatting on the phone the other night and watched one take a drink from one of the many tiger lilies that have sprung up across the yard. I'm glad to know they like the buffet at Chez Maas.
The butterflies have also been drinking from the tiger lilies and the purple phlox. They would swoop in for a sip, crawl all across the surface of the bloom and then flutter away before returning again.
The wisteria vines are really starting to take off on all four corners of the pergola. In three years (again with the three years), the pergola should be covered in tendrils and blossoms.
The Mystery Plant
As many people figured out, the mystery plant last week was butterfly weed. Can you guess the plant this week?
Here's What's Blooming Now
Ligurlaria "The Rocket"
Cardinal Lobelia
Nasturtium "Peach Melba" and others
Rudbeckia "Goldsturm"
Phlox "David"
Russian sage
Hydrangea "Annabelle"
Coreopsis "Moonbeam"
Campanula "Blue Clips" and others
Joe Pye Weed
Purple coneflower
Butterfly weed
Alpine strawberry – and fruiting, too
Missouri primrose
Hollyhock "Nigra"
Indian blanket
Nepeta "Walker's Low"
Garden Chores for the Week
This weekend is "go-time" for deadheading and cleaning up any straggly-looking perennials and shrubs. I especially want to give some of the overgrown hosta a haircut. It's too late in the season to divide them but I do want to get rid of some foliage so the other shady plants nearby can be seen.
We've purchased 35 bags of cypress mulch to lay down before the garden tour. Mulch really helps to unify the beds, cover up the empty bits of dirt, retain moisture and keep down the weeds. All for only $2 a bag!
I still haven't sowed a second planting of radishes.
The dead pea vines need to be removed and the scarlet runner beans trained up the willow teepee.
Change the beer in the slug traps. This should be done at least weekly. The hummingbird feeders should be changed weekly as well.
It's probably time to spray the roses again. I see thrips have been visiting the "Nearly Wild" bush by the deck.
Keep watering the new arborvitae.
Vegetable Garden
I ate my first cherry tomato of the season, and it was wonderful. Then I remembered my favorite way to eat them. Pluck a cherry off the vine during the hottest part of the day. Lay a large basil leaf in the middle of your palm and place a sprig of mint on top. Place the tomato on top of the leaves and roll it up. Pop it into your mouth and savor the explosion of biting mint and aromatic basil blending with the warm tomato. Someday I will serve cherry tomatoes this way as a hors d'oeuvre for a dinner party, and people will weep from the taste.
The bush beans have begun producing. It's important to pick these frequently to continue the bloom cycle. But never handle the plants when they are wet; it can bring about rust.
Today's Grahamism
He was full of them this week. To wit:
"When you sneeze it means that you are 'allergit' to something. My friend Quinn is allergit to cittamon."
While taking Pont the Pup to the vet: "Come on, Pont. I know you will be brave. You can do it!"
And after the visit with the vet, "Some day I want to be a doctor guy who helps sick animals and people, just like Dad."
"Our family is the Magic Family because we have so much cool stuff at our house. Our special powers are that Dad can shoot things out of his arm. Quinn's family is the Zoo Family because they have so many animals. Their special powers are that they can turn into any animal they want. John's family is the Word Family because they know every word there is. Their special powers are that they can say words and things happen. And they know two words of Spanish."
And, "I finally figured out the rules. When you are home, Mom, I will always follow you and do whatever you do. When Dad is home, I will follow him. At school, I will follow Quinn. And that's how my life will be."
Posted by maasx003 at 6:48 PM
July 16, 2005
The Best Laid Plans
This one comes from the files of "What was I thinking?"
Last Friday, we had the day off and were going to Valley Fair as a family. It was going to be hot, humid and ripe for a good thunderstorm. That evening we were going to go to Home Depot to purchase more cypress mulch and spread it Saturday and Sunday.
In anticipation of a good rain, I got up early Friday morning and lightly spread a bag of 7-8-7 fertilizer across most of the garden beds. "What a great thing I am doing for my gardens," I thought. Fertilizer, a good rain and then mulch. "Won't my plants be ever so happy?"
Well, there was no rain on Friday, just wretched heat and humidity. The Maas family was so wiped out from a day in the sun that we were all in bed by 8:30 p.m. that evening. Any idea of spreading mulch was vetoed for the weekend.
By the time I got to checking out the plants on Saturday, the damage was done. Several plants had scorched leaves from where the fertilizer sat on top of them and cooked in the sun. There were no plant fatalities, but there will be some loss of leaves as the weeks go on.
I was most surprised by which plants were greatly affected and which were not. Rudbeckia, for example, is a plant I think pretty indestructible. But they must be more sensitive than I thought because they burned much more than any other variety.
I tried to think back to the spring when I laid fertilizer but with no damage. What was different? Ahh, yes, now I remember. It was thundering and lightning as I was laying it down, and I was starting to get drenched from the first drops of rain. Mother Nature was doing clean up after me.
Would I apply fertilizer again? Yes, but I would definitely schedule enough time to water it in.
To Stake or Not to Stake
This is the fourth year for our "Annabelle" hydrangeas, and they have completely taken off. They have produced enormous, fragrant blooms the size of basketballs.
Size is not always better in this case. The blooms have gotten so heavy that any soaking from rain or sprinkler brings the stems crashing to the ground.
So I have staked this stand of bushes up after the fact. Next year I'll have to remember to stake them up earlier to prevent their horizontal habit.
To Prune or Not to Prune
Brian had found a wonderful plant combination for clay soils in one of our British gardening magazines: train a bright pink clematis up a "Black Beauty" elderberry.
It took some doing but we tracked down "Black Beauty" at Gerten's in Cottage Grove and purchased two of them plus two "Hagley Hybrid" clematis. We would plant one on the south side of the house where a white cedar had formerly resided and another by the pergola.
The first year the shrubs grew a few feet high, and I threw a bag of leaves over each bush to protect it in the winter. Each shrub seemed to have died back to the ground, sending up all new growth in the spring.
So the second fall I did an experiment. I cut the shrub by the pergola back hard and covered with a bag of leaves like the year before. The shrub at the front of the house, I left alone but still covered it with leaves.
Turns out that elderberry send growth off old wood. This season, the one in front that I did not cut back is about three feet high with the clematis growing all over it.
The shrub in the back has taken months for it to finally send up enough shoots to convince us I did not kill it off. It certainly will thrive, but it just has taken forever to get going.
So this fall, no cutting back, just leaves like before.
Oh, the things you can learn in the garden by doing.
The Mystery Plant
The mystery plant last week was indeed snowdrops. We could all use a few snowy thoughts right about now, what with this heat. Can you guess the plant this week?
Here's What's Blooming Now
Russian sage
Hydrangea "Annabelle"
Corpeopsis "Moonbeam"
Campanula "Blue Clips" and others
Joe Pye Weed
Purple coneflower
Butterfly weed
Alpine strawberry – and fruiting, too
Missouri primrose
Hollyhock "Nigra"
Lavender "Hidcote"
Sweet William
Oxeye daisy
Salvia "May Night"
Indian blanket
Nepeta "Walker's Low"
Rose – "Carefree Wonder," "William Baffin," "Graham Thomas" and more
Dead Nettle
Garden Chores for the Week
Mulch, mulch, mulch since we didn't do it last weekend.
I still haven't sowed a second planting of radishes but I did get around to pulling out the plants that had gone to seed.
Change the beer in the slug traps. This should be done at least weekly. The hummingbird feeders should be changed weekly as well.
It's probably time to spray the roses again.
Keep watering the new arborvitae.
Check the ever-growing wisteria vines.
Move a blue oat grass.
Vegetable Garden
The cherry tomatoes are beginning to ripen.
The bush beans are flowering.
I've been decorating character cakes since Graham was born. This week we had two dinner parties, which called for two cakes. For some of Brian's sports blogging friends, I did this special baseball cake with an ice cream filling.
For Graham's special movie night to introduce his friends to our new 80 x 45 inch movie screen, we did this Marvin the Martian cake in honor of Graham's movie of choice - Looney Tunes: The Movie.
Adults sipped wine and enjoyed a specially-prepared seafood curry prepared by Brian. The wine glasses had Looney Tunes wine tags on them. Fun!
Today's Grahamisms
"Hey, Dad! This Kipper movie box says it has 60 minutes of fun!"
"I'm as hungry as an ostrich, and they'll eat anything, you know.
It's Getting to be Fair Time!
The Maas family is busy preparing our entries for the Hennepin County Fair and Minnesota State Fair, including this potato "art" hedgehogs created by Master Graham. I am a previous blue ribbon winner at the Minnesota State Fair and hoping to pick up some more awards this year. Stay tuned!
Posted by maasx003 at 2:20 PM
July 10, 2005
Hollyhock Dolls
At one point or another each summer when I was a little girl, my mother and I would go into her gardens and pick a handful of hollyhock blossoms and buds.
We'd take them indoors and carefully peel back the green bits of the bud until only a gleaming white "face" would appear below an elaborate "up-do". Next we'd break off a section of a toothpick and thread the sharp end through the base of the blossom into the stem area so a quarter inch or so would remain. Then we'd stick the "head" onto the "shoulders" and voila! We had a hollyhock doll.
If we'd really wanted to go all out, we would apply a little dab of bright lipstick to the doll's face to get her ready for a big night. And if we were lucky enough to have hollyhocks in a variety of colors that year, we could mix and match the color of the dolls' hair and gowns – deep magenta skirt with soft pink hair and vice versa. Very cool.
This year I have a gorgeous stand of deep plum-colored hollyhocks (Alcea "Nigra"), and I made a couple of dolls to float on water in a shallow dish for table decorations for our Fourth of July celebration.
Now If only I had had some bright pink buds for the hair….
Fourth of July Recipes
We served a delicious Fourth of July dinner to Brian's parents and his sister and her husband. The recipes are all new to us this summer, but they will be made again and again. Give them a try!
Deviled Eggs a la Sam
From Penzeys Spices
12 large hard boiled eggs (see tip)
2 slices double thick prosciutto or 4 regular OR pastrami
2 ripe avocadoes
˝ small red onion, minced
4 cherry tomatoes or an equivalent in regular tomato, minced
1 TB water
˝ tsp ground cumin
Ľ dried garlic
Juice of 1 large lime
1 tsp salt
dash of hot red pepper sauce or to taste
2 tsp fresh cilantro leaves, minced.
Prepare the guacamole while the eggs are cooking. Mix water and spices together in a medium bowl. Halve avocadoes, remove pits. Remove skin, cut into thirds, discarding any brown spots, add to the bowl. Add onion and tomato, lime juice and salt. Mash with a hand potato masher, stir to blend. Add hot pepper as desired. Cover with plastic wrap, pat onto the surface. Carefully peel the eggs and cut into half. Remove the yolks and save for salad. Cut a small slice off the bottoms if they don't sit nicely on the plate you've chosen. Cube the prosciutto, stir into the guacamole and fill the eggs. Sprinkle fresh cilantro over the tops and serve.
Tip: With a needle or a clean thumbtack, pierce the large end of each egg to a depth of 3/8 inch. This helps center the yolk. Place eggs carefully in a large kettle with at least 2 quarts cold water. Bring to a rolling boil over medium high heat. Remove the kettle from the heat, cover and let stand 18 minutes.
Zesty Coleslaw
1 bag of coleslaw mix – or use 4-6 cups shredded red cabbage for a more colorful salad
2 red peppers, cut into strips
2 cups snap peas (fresh from your garden, if possible)
1-15 1/2 oz can of tropical fruit salad, drained and cut up a bit
1/2 cup roasted peanuts
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup Zesty Italian salad dressing
Mix all together and serve.
Grilled Shrimp and Scallops with Teriyaki Sauce
From Coastal Seafoods
2 pounds shrimp and scallops
2/3 cup soy sauce
2 TB brown sugar
2 TB honey
Ľ cup sake
2 TB ginger, minced
4 cloves garlic, minced
Combine all ingredients except for shrimp and scallops. Mix well. Place shrimp and scallops on kebab skewers and marinate in the sauce for at least 45 minutes. Grill for 4 minutes, turn kebabs over and brush with marinade. Cook until done.
The Mystery Plant
The mystery plant last week was Corydalis lutea. Can you guess the plant this week? (Hint: The photo is from a farm visit to Wales, Great Britain.)
Here's What's Blooming Now
Hydrangea "Annabelle"
Corpeopsis "Moonbeam"
Campanula "Blue Clips" and others
Joe Pye Weed
Purple coneflower
Butterfly weed
Alpine strawberry – and fruiting, too
Missouri primrose
Hollyhock "Nigra"
Lavender "Hidcote"
Sweet William
Oxeye daisy
Salvia "May Night"
Indian blanket
Nepeta "Walker's Low"
Rose – "Carefree Wonder," "William Baffin," "Graham Thomas" and more
Garden Chores for the Week
Mulch, mulch, mulch
I still haven't sowed a second planting of radishes but I did get around to pulling out the plants that had gone to seed.
I usually don't deadhead my "Carefree Wonder" roses, but I'm going to give it a try this year.
Change the beer in the slug traps. This should be done at least weekly.
It's probably time to spray the roses again.
Keep watering the new arborvitae
Move a blue oat grass
Vegetable Garden
The basil is huge and lush right now. If only the tomatoes were ready!
The scarlet runner beans are taking off and need to be guided to the teepee.
Today's Grahamism
"Water is like a chameleon. When you hold it, it's just clear. But when you put it on other colors, it's the same. So let's just call water 'chameleon water'."
Posted by maasx003 at 5:29 PM
July 3, 2005
The Perfect Fit
I've been thinking a lot about proportion and scale lately.
Proportion is the relationship of one object to another; scale is the relative size of an object. These are interconnected and discussions of either can start to get convoluted. Just keep in mind that it's all about objects in relation to each other.
When I look at my gardens, and the plants in them, I make a comparison of them to my entire yard as a whole. Do these plants "fit"? Are they the right size and in proper proportion to the other plants around them?
These thoughts came to a head this weekend when I returned to my friend Rebecca's house for a plant swamp. I brought her a "Blue Moon" wisteria that I had propagated through the layering technique, and she shared lots of goodies with me.
As we stood before a clump of wonderful and gigantic plants, Rebecca asked me, "Would you like some?"
Silly question! Of course I would. Then I stopped to think. In her yard, an enormous open lot, the height of these plants "fit." In my smaller backyard gardens, the only place those plants would fit is at the back of the deepest border, and even then they still would be too big in relation to the other plants around them.
I passed.
So my moment of supreme self-control has caused me to take a second look at what I have currently in my gardens. I need to draw inspiration and wisdom from the plants that Rebecca uses in her gardens and also from those of my friend Susan.
Susan's St. Paul backyard is small, although probably average for an older urban lot. She is very thoughtful with the plants she uses in this space, with a preference for alpines. Alpines have a tendency to be smaller than their other relatives, and the scale of these plants work in proportion to the plants around them and to the yard itself. They "fit."
Too bad you can't use the dressing room idea to try on plants before planting them. Then you'd know if they were a good fit or not for your gardens.
I've got some more thinking to do.
Water, Water Everywhere…
And not a single drop in this container.
Now I remember why I hate doing container planting: the daily need to water. Last week we had almost two inches of rain, and two days later this pot and the plants in it were bone dry.
Part of this is my fault. I don't have a saucer under the pot to capture any excess moisture, which would help since it's in a full-sun location. The other key element to consider is that the pots are only half-full with potting soil. To keep the pot from getting too heavy with soil, I stacked four-inch perennial pots to about half of the pot's depth. This is a great idea – but it also reduces water retention.
To combat that effect, I added water-absorbing Soil Moist granules to the potting soil before planting. This acts as a long-lasting water reserve, which helps, but obviously not enough with this plant.
This pot looks great with a vivid combination of coleus, "Profusion Orange" zinnias and amaranth. I guess I'll just have to suffer for its beauty.
Falling Through the Cracks
One of my favorite parts of our yard is our pergola and the adjacent patio areas. These areas are hardscaped with pavers, which allow us to walk across them right after a rain without harming any turf.
The joints between each paver are narrow and filled with sand, but they are an ideal growing condition for the seeds of many different types of prolific plants that toss their offspring to the wind.
I could have an entire herb garden from the chive, dill and cilantro seeds that germinate, and there are enough oxeye daisy sprouts to start an entire meadow. Even errant grass seed can find its home in between the cracks.
Some plants have reseeded each year, and I welcome them, such as these alyssum. Others are more problematic. Who knew that mums could reseed?
Some little seedlings are easier than other to pull out, and I just end up ripping off the top layers of leaves, knowing that in a week, I'll have to give them another go. One garden hint I read suggested using a needle-nosed pliers since it gives a very good grip on a tiny object. I'll have to try it.
Public Gardens
Graham and I had an extra "stay-home" day on Friday, so we packed up a picnic lunch and met Brian at his work site in Eden Prairie. His office building is next to a public garden, and we enjoyed the treat of eating Cheetos while viewing grasses, lilies and other lovely plants in full bloom.
I commend the City of Eden Prairie for funding such a beautiful and well-landscaped public place. Walking paths meander through colorful plants and there is a large, covered picnic area as well. When we were there, a puppet show was about to start, and many families were there to watch it.
The City of Plymouth also has a beautiful Milennium Garden. Graham and I usually get there a couple of times a year to see the flowers and the koi that live at the ponds at the bottom of the waterfalls. We'll have to visit soon and take some photos.
These city gardens remind me of those we saw in Britain during our travels – beautiful public spaces for the entire city to enjoy. Way to go!
Arborvitae Project
Our final summer landscaping project is complete. This week Dundees delivered and planted four arborvitae behind the pergola, completing the row we started four years ago. These will provide a solid backdrop to the tree peonies Brian brought home this week as well. I had to put tomato cages around the peonies to prevent Pont from destroying them during one of his FRAPing (Frequent Rapid Activity Period) moments.
In landscaping, just like with interior decorating, one new project has a tendency to start a domino effect. After adding the new arborvitae, we decided the pompom spruce in the adjacent bed didn't work any longer, and it had to go. Brian had it cut down and dug out in less than half an hour.
The neighbors behind us also did some serious pruning of the silver maple that overhangs into our property and removed a dead sugar maple that was directly behind the pergola.
These three actions – adding the arborvitae, taking out the spruce, and removing the dead tree and overhanging branches – have changed the look of our garden spaces tremendously.
Today's Grahamism
Why are ants called ants? Do you think it's maybe because "ant" is another word for small?
What's Happening in the Garden Now
The prairie garden is really coming into its own during its fourth season.
The slug traps are working. When I cleaned out and replenished the traps with fresh beer this weekend, each of the five traps had several slugs in them.
Along the south portion of our chain link fence, we have five shades of clematis blooming – from softest pink to bright raspberry to deepest violet.
The rabbit is still with us – but not for lack of us sending Glynis out after it.
The Mystery Plant
Okay, last week's photo of pink flowers was kind of sneaky. It showed the blossoms of a radish that had bolted. Who knew they could be so pretty?
Can you guess what this week's mystery plant is?
Here's What's Blooming Now
Joe Pye Weed
Purple coneflower
Butterfly weed
Campanula glomerata
Alpine strawberry – and fruiting, too
Missouri primrose
Hollyhock "Nigra"
Wisteria "Blue Moon"
Lavender "Hidcote"
Sweet William
Oxeye daisy
Penstemon "Husker Red"
Salvia "May Night"
Indian blanket
Nepeta "Walker's Low"
Rose – "Carefree Wonder," "William Baffin," "Graham Thomas" and more
Garden Chores for the Week
It's getting to be time to cut back some of the perennials that have had their first bloom, with hope for a second. These would include the "Walker's Low" nepeta, geraniums, and "May Night" salvia.
It's also time to do a second application of a general fertilizer on the perennials, annuals and vegetable gardens and to put down a refresher layer of mulch.
I still haven't sowed a second planting of radishes.
Vegetable garden
Peas, peas, peas!
The tomatoes have set fruit and are looking good.
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