Archive for November, 2007
Not-so-random act of bulb kindness
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Kim, a garden blogging friend of mine in Ohio, had a problem. Her grandmother refused to accept any money for the major sewing and alteration work she did routinely for Kim.
“I will not let my grandchildren pay me for any sewing work! I’m just happy that I can still do this for you.” Her [...]
Bulb quotes
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Friday night, we watched the animated feature film Shrek the Third. One of the subthemes was that you can be what you want to be and shouldn’t be fettered by the expectations of your peers.
In the climactic scene, the ‘bad’ fairy tale characters jump forward and blurt out what they really want to [...]
Cornell students lay groundwork for bulb labyrinth
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Students from Bill Miller’s Herbaceous Plant Materials class at Cornell University spent a chilly afternoon last week laying the groundwork for a bulb labyrinth at the Department of Horticulture’s Bluegrass Lane Research Center. Instead of planting bulbs directly into the sod as suggested in the labyrinth activity, Bill’s class dug a planting trench where [...]
Nursery school adapts labyrinth activity
Sunday, November 11th, 2007The Trumansburg Community Nursery School, Trumansburg, N.Y., simplified the labyrinth activity for their preschool audience and space limitations, planting bulbs to define a serpentine path through a corner of their outdoor play area. The teachers prepared the planting trench, then the kids placed the bulbs in the trench and covered them with soil — [...]