AS I WRITE THIS, we're facing serious fertilizer shortages, according to many and various news outlets. Because of the war in Ukraine, a large portion of the world's exported fertilizer seems to be stuck in Russia and Belarus. Even before the invasion, China had announced restrictions on exports of phosphate- and urea-based fertilizers. And all this is on top of compromised supply chains resulting from years of pandemic.
Every time I read another article about how gardeners and farmers will be made miserable by these fertilizer shortages, I'm reminded of a challenge I faced two years ago in one of the gardens where I work. A big part of my job as a horticultural therapist at a residential mental-health rehabilitation center is to design, install and maintain therapeutic gardens for the benefit of clients and staff. Two dry summers ago, the sprinkler system in one of the therapeutic gardens failed while the facilities manager was out on medical leave.
I had to figure out a way to get water to the plants in that garden. After allowing myself some handwringing, I began to think about how indigenous people in the southwestern United States had grown food for millennia despite very little rainfall and very dry summers. A little research turned up so much native intelligence on the topic that I found myself with the happy problem of choosing which techniques to try.
I ended up using a three-pronged approach:
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WEEDING OUT WORRY
Two books give perspectives on gardening's importance to mental health
Prized Perennials
GAPS IN THE GARDEN? TRY ONE OF THESE AWARD-WINNING PLANTS AS A SAFE-BET FIX
A TOAST TO CORK
A trip to Portugal inspired Greg Coppa to peel back the botany of the cork oak
THE GARDEN CENTER'S GRIP
SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENS when gardeners enter a garden center. We change. Suddenly, somehow, we're overcome with this vague yet powerful, transcendental feeling of liberation, and we become aware of money we probably have and hopefully won't otherwise need.
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
AS BOXWOOD BLIGHT DAMAGES THIS STAPLE EVERGREEN, IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT WORTHY ALTERNATIVES
NEW MOUNDING ANNUALS
Also known as summer snapdragons, angelonias produce spikes of outward-facing flowers throughout the hottest, most humid time of the year.
AN ANNUAL AFFAIR
Combine a designer's best advice with the year's new varieties for a summer's worth of showstopping containers
A Big Role for SMALL GRASSES
The unexpected benefits of small native grasses
GOLDENSEAL
A woodland herb worth guarding
RICHARD HAWKE
Try and try again