Everybody has their own phenologies, their own timing of spring. First day the snow shovels get put away (unused in my driveway at all this year, I might add), first day of working without long johns on, or maybe the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Season Creep
Tag: landscape
Outdoor Art in Context
A blog post, and a recent visit to my alma mater, UVM, has me thinking again about public art, and contexts. My question is this: Can a spectacular painting be ruined by the wrong frame? Probably. I wonder how many … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Outdoor Art in Context
Lightning 1, Spruce 0
Anyone around this summer, or past readers of this blog, will remember a large thunderstorm that ripped through Middlebury two days after Independence Day. Several trees were struck by lightning, which I wrote about after the storm. The largest tree … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Lightning 1, Spruce 0
Tree Removals 2011
Like most years, the landscape department takes advantage of the upcoming holiday break to do some tree removals. Not that we are doing anything under the cover of darkness-it’s more like we don’t want to break the solitude of campus … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Tree Removals 2011
New Year, More Damage
I was asked (and jumped at the chance) to join Community Council this year, and was in a meeting last Monday when I was asked if there was any vandalism this year to the landscape. I happily reported we haven’t … Continue reading →…Continue Reading New Year, More Damage
Seven Son Flower
I don’t know if I’m a lazy, slothful gardener, or just a brutally honest one, but either way I’m hoping for a hard frost pretty soon. I’m tired. My garden is tired. A good significant freeze, a cleaning of the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Seven Son Flower
Atwater Construction-Turf Battle
Doing large construction projects at Middlebury comes with a unique challenge, that of time. Most colleges and universities have various programs running throughout the summer, like summer camps and classes. Middlebury, though, has an entire college, the Language School. This … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Atwater Construction-Turf Battle