The Martha s Vineyard Times
Garden Notes: Mulch wisely, and eschew volcanoes
Perhaps planting among leeks can protect your tulips.
Camellias and magnolias: Visit Polly Hill Arboretum now! Susan Safford
The amount of sunlight makes 6 am a real pleasure. Cells of everything in the Northern Hemisphere surge in response, and leaves unfurl before our eyes. Unruly, chilly weather those snowflakes! comes as an annoying shock, and demonstrates the usefulness of faithfully checking forecasts, and also of a small cold frame for hardening off and holding plants, without committing to in-ground planting.
The VCS Beach Cleanup last weekend was a bundled-up affair. I am pleased to report almost
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Eastwoodhill in Ngatapa, is the brainchild of William Douglas Cook. Blinded in his right eye and missing the end of a finger, William Douglas Cook recuperated in England, where he fell in love with the autumnal colours of Northern Hemisphere trees. On his return to his ballot farm, 35 kilometres inland from Gisborne, he began his life’s mission, to plant 135 hectares of trees. Eastwoodhill now holds about 15,000 trees, including 103 threatened species.
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Douglas Cook s property in 1911 after early plantings. It is the largest collection of Northern Hemisphere trees, south of the equator and with 25 kilometres of walking tracks, it’s well worth a walk in the park.