Latest Blog Posts for An Obessive Neurotic Gardener

• Another visit to The High Line
  on Jul 22, 2016 in New York City Public Garden High Line
  I spent a good part of the day Thursday at The High Line in New York City. It is one of my favorite places on earth. It overstimulates and relaxes me at the same time. It is one of the greatest juxtapositions of urban and meadow I’ve ever seen.
• Win a Hydrangea ‘Limelight’ from Nature Hills Nursery
  on Jul 18, 2016 in Giveaways Nature Hills Nursery
  That’s right my friends, all you have to do is submit your email address below to enter. The contest will run from this evening through next Monday, July 25th. For Terms and Conditions, click on the link below. Good luck! Limelight Hydrangea Gi...
• Atlas Nitrile 3701 gardening gloves
  on Jul 14, 2016 in My garden Atlas Nitrile gloves
  This is not a paid endorsement. I wasn’t given these to trial and this isn’t a sponsored post. My wife bought me gardening gloves two years ago and they are easily the best I’ve ever owned. They are the Atlas Nitrile 3701 gardening...
• The latest and not always greatest in the garden
  on Jul 13, 2016 in Blooms Critters Garden problems My garden Summer bee balm butterfly Canada thistle hummingbird moth obedient plant veronica 'royal candles'
  Some observations from out in the garden: This white bee balm is the only one to have survived last winter and while it is nice to see it blooming, it honestly doesn’t do much for me and the powdery mildew is real bad, worse than with all of th...
• Insta-guilt
  on Jul 8, 2016 in Garden problems powdery mildew
  Humblebrag alert – I was fortunate to have my garden featured on the Fine Gardening “Garden Photo of the Day” blog today. You can see it here. The comments from the readers are above and beyond and I truly appreciate the feedback knowing how mu...
• Butterfly and Bee chasing
  on Jul 6, 2016 in Critters bees butterfly
  I really wish I could record myself as I’m busy chasing around the butterflies and bees. There is nothing goofier than watching a 6 foot 3 inch man run from flower to flower trying to get the perfect shot of one of these creatures. The only thi...
• Macro photography
  on Jun 30, 2016 in Uncategorized
  My latest obsession is macro photography on Instagram using only my Samsung phone. Would love to connect on Instagram if we aren’t already. Just click on the Instagram icon on the right sidebar or hit me up at @jmarkowski0. Here are some of my...
• The greatest grass, accepting chaos and a plea for container ideas
  on Jun 29, 2016 in Containers My garden Ornamental grass Perennials amsonia karl foerster panicum northwind
  A few thoughts: We’re always trying to piece a garden together that has visual interest all year long. Ideally, we’ll construct it where one perennial stops blooming and takes a step back, while another takes center stage. Continuous succ...
• A calm and relaxing tour of my garden
  on Jun 23, 2016 in My garden Summer
  We’re going to jump around a bit as I am way fired up about my garden these days. And when I say fired up, I don’t mean 100% pumped. If I had to estimate the “pumped up happy” versus “pumped up annoyed and rattled”...
• Daylily Little Grapette lives to see another day
  on Jun 21, 2016 in Perennials daylily 'little grapette'
  Before we discuss Daylily Little Grapette, a few important items as a backdrop for this post. I first wrote of my frustration with the daylily here. I did a feature on the ‘Joan Senior’ daylily here. And eventually swore them off for good...

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