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Garden Crops…

Wildflower Seed paper

11 Jul 202111 Jul 2021
Seed paper was something I had heard about but never tried. On Mother's Day, my oldest daughter gifted me with a carefully sourced wildflower seed card with a handwritten poem…
Garden Tip…

Resilience

30 May 2021
Avocado pit swaddled and tucked away.Weeks later sending forth roots.Too small to sustain your stem, I wait.I am too long in remembering,And tender shoots turn brown.I reproach myself for this…
Animals…

Bunnies in the Planter

9 May 20219 May 2021
The chives in the front planter did really well last year. I had moved them from the back yard in the spring. My current experiment, garlic, was also up. Mother’s…
flowers…

Tulips In and After Bloom

25 Apr 202125 Apr 2021
Tulips and daffodils are in full bloom in the neighborhood right now! In zone 6, tulips can withstand quite a lot. A few years ago, when the management company decided…
Garden Crops…

Tomato Planting Time

21 Mar 202121 Mar 2021
Spring arrived today! While outside planting time is still weeks away, the longer days and sunshine have me in gardening mode already. It has been warm enough to start on…
flowers…

Top Reasons for Community Gardens

7 Mar 202110 Mar 2021
My last pre-COVID trip was to beautiful British Columbia. After the trip I shared the following reflection on the benefits of gardening in community. I have added some recently discovered…
Garden Crops…

Challenging Thyme and Other Spices

15 Nov 202015 Nov 2020
I was recently reviewing my 2020 gardening resolutions. While some, like traveling to garden shows and gardening tours did not happen, I did manage to add some spice to life…
Animals…

Squirrel in the Garden

20 Sep 202020 Sep 2020
Although the surveillance video is grainy, I know I have seen the suspect before. They show up in my backyard early in the mornings and wreak havoc. Footprints, mangled leaves…
flowers…

Six on Saturday: My Top Six Garden Fixes

9 Aug 202010 Aug 2020
I enjoy reading gardening tweets and am often inspired by the beautiful images posted by plant lovers. On Saturdays, garden Twitter fans often post #sixonsaturday to highlight garden success. Yesterday,…
art…

Tips for Container Gardening

28 Jun 202028 Jun 2020
Like most other things this year, the garden workshops and tours I booked have been cancelled. While in person events are on hold, zoom has filled some of the void.…

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