"Splayed" is not a term I like to use to describe a plant in my garden. It implies that either that plant has a poor habit of floppy its branches out from the center -or- that I am a lazy …
Strawberry Growing Secrets
My strawberry patch is 4’ x 8’ and located down at the eastern end of the vegetable garden. It gets a bit of shade from a nearby Snowball bush (Viburnum opulus ‘Sterile’) but is mostly in full sun all …
Garden Design Update: The Back Yard Beds
I originally posted about the backyard garden beds right after they were first outlined by the garden designer. Those beds have been mulched now and the garden seems much different, even without …
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Garden Design Update: The Patio Before
The landscapers like to call it "hardscape", all those walls, patios, paths and other features that help to define the places in between the gardens and give us places to rest and walk. In my …
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What Happens To Our Missing Gardening Tools?
What happens to those gloves, pruners, trowels, loppers, dandelion diggers and other assorted gardening tools that disappear in the garden? One minute you are using a tool and then you set it down, …
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All I Know About Plants, I Learned From The Sweet Peas
The first sweet pea bloom of the season. All I know about plants, I learned from the sweet peas (sort of). Some plants appreciate a little attention when they are starting out, but once they’ve …
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