Fireworks Prep at Salem Maritime NHS, and a Wonderful Garden, of Course

Every year The Salem Garden receives hundreds of hits in the days around the Fourth of July. I don’t really blog with traffic in mind but this is something that I should try to figure out. I usually do a post about the very popular Salem Willows parade so maybe that’s part of it. I’mContinue reading “Fireworks Prep at Salem Maritime NHS, and a Wonderful Garden, of Course”

What’s Happening in the Garden- June 30, 2015

Wow, where has a month gone?  Well, here at The Salem Garden it’s gone to medical emergency after medical emergency after medical emergency. After months of sickness and a very tough weekend in the hospital my youngest daughter was diagnosed with Functional Abdominal Pain Disorder. Yes, this is a real thing and it involves aContinue reading “What’s Happening in the Garden- June 30, 2015”

What’s Happening in the Garden- May 31, 2015

Hello from finally rainy Salem, Massachusetts! I haven’t posted in quite a while. There’s been so much going on here; sick children, graduating children, coming home from college children, going to college children, dancing and soccer and proms. Big life events can be great subjects for blogging but they don’t jive so well with gardeningContinue reading “What’s Happening in the Garden- May 31, 2015”

Help! Help! a Lily Tree Question…

First of all, I’d never even heard of a lily tree or tree lily depending on which web site I look at, until an hour ago. My friend posted these photos of her lily tree with these really interesting growths protruding out of the base of the trunk. So our question is what is this?Continue reading “Help! Help! a Lily Tree Question…”

It’s My Blog and I Can Ask You to Vote for Holly’s Cake if I Want to…

so I will! I know I’m way far away from gardening at the moment, but I’m not far away from creativity, passion and spirit! My oldest daughter Holly decorated this cake to represent Salem High School in the Cakes for Occasions Cake Wars event on Sunday morning. Cakes for Occasions is a bakery in Danvers, MassachusettsContinue reading “It’s My Blog and I Can Ask You to Vote for Holly’s Cake if I Want to…”

A Tale of Two Bulb Beds

So here’s what happened… I planted bulbs from the same three packages in two different beds in my yard within an hour of each other. I even blogged about it here. This was just a few months ago, right before we experienced the most difficult winter ever recorded in eastern Massachusetts. There was a lotContinue reading “A Tale of Two Bulb Beds”

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day- April 2015

Yes! It’s Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day and we have a few blooms. I can’t forget that April 15th is also the two year anniversary of the Marathon bombings. The city of Boston has declared April 15th One Boston Day. This day will be a celebration of the resiliency, generosity, and strength of the people thatContinue reading “Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day- April 2015”