For five glorious minutes, I am going to focus on what I have accomplished in my garden so far this spring, and not on what I still need to do.I have…Cleaned up the grape arbor bed, which has been an …
This Is Why I Have A Grub Hoe
This double columbine is a lovely flower growing in the wrong place. It's a lost seedling, far away from its parent plants which are clear across the yard in another flower bed.It is just one of my …
Banished
I haven't seen any rabbits hanging around my garden for several weeks now. Where are they? I uncovered the peas, lettuce and spinach, and so far, the rabbits haven't eaten them.Perhaps I have …
Just Give Me Five Minutes and a Good Hoe
Just give me five minutes and a good hoe, and I can clear out one of the raised beds in my vegetable garden and have it ready for planting.Yesterday morning, this bed was full of little weeds.But in …
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Compost Tumbler – Part 3
Today marked 30 days since I filled up the compost tumbler with henbit and other garden refuse.Faithfully I turned the compost tumbler a few turns every day every few days when I was in the garden and …
The Weight of Flowers and Springtime Activities
This giant shrub can barely hold up its branches under the weight of the ginormous flowers that are its lot to bear.Just look at it, this Snowball Bush, Viburnum opulus ‘Sterile’. Look at those lower …
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