Advertisements Our last Frost date in Savannah is thought to be March 15th. This past Winter has proven to be colder than cold with sustained freezing temperature going on for day after day, evening after evening, for longer than even the old timers recall. So I am biding my time Continue Reading
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Awaiting Spring in Savannah
Our last Frost date in Savannah is thought to be March 15th. This past Winter has proven to be colder than cold with sustained freezing temperature going on for day after day, evening after evening, for longer than even the old timers recall. So I am biding my time with Continue Reading
2 * 0 * 1 * 8 * BE * BETTER Jayne In Georgia
Advertisements On the Eve of a New Year a fresh start looms wide in front of us. Who can deny those yearnings to make this next year better? Maybe youre not courageous enough to say the best, but lets promise ourselves something better than the past. Take a plunge, as Continue Reading
Hurricanes and Irksome Irma
Jayne On Weed Street is becoming more a quarterly publication. There are events that get in the way of even the most well-meaning writer. Things like hurricanes! Besides the stress and expense and toil of evacuating from my home, I will not complain too loudly because when you see people Continue Reading
Newport Flower Show, First Class!
Advertisements Summer has arrived, and nowhere heralds the fact better and with more time tested class and splendor than Newport. Ive just had the pleasure of staying in this seaside village at the Ivy Lodge. This shingled residence from days past puts you in the middle of historic Newport with Continue Reading
Post Hurricane Ponderings
Hurricane Matthew savagely struck Savannah causing havoc and hardship. My fears of returning to a home half underwater with alligators basking on the front porch were unfounded. The mounds of trees, limbs, branches and debris are removed methodically and slowly. The natural beauty of Skidaway Island remains. The herons, egrets Continue Reading
American Moderns and the West
Trading the sultry summer of coastal Georgia for cool and clear Taos days was exhilarating. The art scene in Santa Fe and Taos was energetic and just as exhilarating as the change of climate! Ive been back for awhile, but before summer disappears, I will make a note about the Continue Reading
Tornadoes and Trees
When Hurricane Hermine decided to make landfall in Florida on the Western side, we knew Coastal Georgia would see some of her aftermath. As a friend called her, Her Meany, was not nice to spin-off a tornado from her wake, because it touched down on Skidaway Island. There was miraculously Continue Reading
Every Garden, dear friend, a rose
If you have planted and tended or restored more than one garden in your life, is there a plant that appears in all? In Russell Pages The Education of a Gardener, he writes The rugosa rose, Blanc Double de Coubert goes into every garden I make and very frequently into Continue Reading
Roses on the Coast
Much of Georgia soil is clay, but on the Coast, sandy soil predominates. Years ago when I was first smitten with roses, I took great pains to amend the soil so that I could grow roses. Here in Georgia, the temperate climate is favorable for roses, though the humidity causes Continue Reading