The dog ate my cutting garden. No, not really. I don’t have a dog, or even a goat I can pin this on. What kind of a garden offers neither food nor flora back to its house? Mine. In my ill-fated frenzied focus on tomatoes last spring, I somehow forgot to plan for cut flowers. Last year, trying to fill in the border quickly, I grew cosmos and zinna from seed and had a regular fleet for vase duty. I thought I didn’t need the fillers this year, and now I’m missing my “Green Envy” zinnias. Fireworks of dahlias are…
September 2010
September 17, 2010 at 3:45PM
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Green Lake's Streetwise Gardener: The dog ate my cutting garden
September 16, 2010 at 2:42PM
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Green Lake business creates a "runner's wedding dress"
Green-Lake-based women’s running apparel company Oiselle launched their fall collection yesterday (Wednesday, Sept 15, 2010). One item, pegged ‘Runaway Bride,’ is getting a lot of attention. A “runner’s wedding dress,” the garment is designed for women who want to get married while or after running a marathon. “We want the woman to feel that she is the queen of the day,” says Sally Bergesen of Oiselle, “but also have a sporty essence to it as well.” Runner’s World test drove the dress at Green Lake Park: Thanks for the tip, Doree!
September 15, 2010 at 3:44PM
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A look back at the rabbits of Green Lake
Not long ago, our neighborhood’s parks were crawling with rabbits. The feral rabbits were descendants of cast-off pet bunnies. Hundreds of them made their home in an outcropping of rocks in Woodland Park and in a small meadow on the west side of Green Lake Park. The bunnies first appeared in the mid-eighties. By 2005, the population had exploded. While the Green Lake rabbits were popular with many park visitors, they created a host of problems. They damaged tree roots and destroyed native wildlife habitat. Some rabbits carried parasites and diseases. They infiltrated Woodland Park Zoo, burrowing holes in the…
September 15, 2010 at 12:29PM
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Drum circle at Green Lake Park tomorrow (Thursday)
While trotting along the west side of Green Lake this summer, if you have been surprised by an African drumbeat serenade wafting up near the tennis courts, you can thank “Jamtown John.” John Hayden teaches music for all ages at his Jamtown Music studio and hosts free weekly rhythm sessions from summer through fall as long as the weather allows. At the last session he lead an intimate group of four: one adult student, my two sons (ages 6 and 9), and me. John unpacked several large African wood-and-cowhide drums, both hourglass-shaped djembes (pronounced gem-bay) and taller cylindrical djun-djuns (dune-dunes…
