Posts by Jenks Farmer
Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Thanks to all Mothers and friends who came to our farm to enjoy the early lilies, masses of larkspur, poppies, and beautiful breezes! Join us for a special, small group luncheon and an afternoon full of fun. The details and tickets are actually on this other page, so once more……
Read MoreFarm to Table? No, just dirt to mouth….
I had a beer with a scientist this week. She told me to buck up, get ready to face the future. GMO’s are nothing compared with what’s happening in Universities now. What’s coming down the pike, via the science of synthetic biology. It’s all amazing, scary, promising, complex and it’s going to be in your…
Read MoreWednesday’s Garden
Yesterday was so busy I forgot to follow up with my promise of new gardens everyday this week. If you’re in 75 miles of Aiken, take this once year chance to buy at Woodlander’s Nursery. Yep, this world renowned nursery is open just once a year. Here’s Carl from Woodlanders. In Augusta, this killer private…
Read MoreMagic Carpets
In this garden in Augusta, Jefferson Hubble, amazing stone mason and friend in Columbia, SC made a magic carpet patio. And behind that, a carpet of moss makes a brilliant lawn and contrast with the purple fence.
Read MoreGarden Week Head’s Up
I’m going to be in cool gardens all week — mostly hanging out, hosting, escorting. I’ll post lots of pictures here. Today, one of my favorite men, mentors and gardeners — we started out ‘designing’ his slippery slope garden about four years ago. At the time, there was no way to get from the…
Read MoreMust Have Happy Flower for Fall Seed-in
From mid-march all the way through May everyone who sees any garden I’ve designed wants that cheerful, easy to grow wildflower that I call Moroccan Toadflax. I like that name since this little plant looks like our native called toadflax, or field flax (there’s an essay about that lovely little wildflower in this book). But…
Read MoreWhat Do You Do First?
I worked with two different twenty-something couples this week. One planning to resell in a few years, one there for the long haul. It made me think of my own place in Columbia — I was 27 when I bought it. What were my priorities? 1. Privacy 2. A place to hang out…
Read MoreTony Carr — Copper Artist, North Augusta, SC
Artist use things to focus other peoples attention. To help people see the beauty. Tony Carr made this garden frame and I’m trying it out…… I
Read MoreKnow Where You’re Going
The front seat of my truck was full of rice today. I drove gingerly. This was incredibly important rice and even if it wasn’t, I don’t want rice spilled all in the truck. The start of any plant is so full of potential that it’s priceless to the owner— to the farmer. Rice seedlings,…
Read MoreBackgrounds
What you see behind makes all the difference to how your garden looks. My background is really different from yours. Be creative. I’m outside about 12 hours a day this time of year. In the background of my life, a group of editors at Timber Press have been reviewing and marking up the manuscript I…
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