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28 Aug 2008Preparing to prepare 2 Flowers under the Prune Tree gardenJust bought 9 cu ft of steer manure. Will be buying twice as much soil, thoug...Rainy 13°C / 55°F
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27 Aug 2008Bouncing back Geraniums and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenIt’s a shame I won’t be doing these again next year, as they are ...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
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27 Aug 2008Zoe loooves the catmint, really really loooves it 2I found a small volunteer of catmint, which I grew in this bed a few years ag...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
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27 Aug 2008Color choices Front Porch Raised Bed gardenOne of the nine Jethro Tull Coreopsis was in bloom when I bought them. So, I ...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
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27 Aug 2008Trapped! Sweet Peas and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenI used bird netting again this year for my sweet peas to climb. Unfortunately...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
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27 Aug 2008Recovery, kind of .. Sweet Basil and Kitchen Herb gardenAfter use of some liquid fertilizer, the basil finally greened up and started...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
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27 Aug 2008Not interested in sharing 1 1 Oregano and Kitchen Herb gardenThe oregano just doesn’t seem to like sharing the pot with the other he...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
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27 Aug 2008Benign neglect Kitchen Herb gardenWell, it’s been awhile since I updated this journal, between my vacatio...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
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20 Aug 2008Just Purchased Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' Purchased
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14 Aug 2008Jethro Tull 3 Front Porch Raised Bed gardenWhile visiting the grocer’s today, I spotted several plants on “s...Sunny 16°C / 61°F
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05 Aug 2008You take your eyes off them for one minute.... 3 Geraniums and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenLeft town for the weekend and came back to massive deer damage. About 1/3 of ...Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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05 Aug 2008Ordering plants 1 Flowers under the Prune Tree gardenRecently realized that if I want to put daylilies in at the end of this seaso...Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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22 Jul 2008Yup, yellow all right Snapdragon Blooming and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenAs I drove off to work this morning, I noticed the snapdragon had bloomed. It...Cloudy 16°C / 61°F
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18 Jul 2008Filling in 2 Front Porch Raised Bed gardenThe petunias are filling in nicely and the geraniums pelargoniums (I resolve ...Sunny 10°C / 50°F
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18 Jul 2008A real trooper Clematis Blooming and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenMy spindly little clematis is blooming. There’s only one clump of flowe...Sunny 10°C / 50°F
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18 Jul 2008Compressing the garden Those Pots Against the Fence gardenWent out after dinner and moved the pots together. They are now right next to...Sunny 17°C / 63°F
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15 Jul 2008I hope this works Flowers under the Prune Tree gardenI spread the corn gluten and watered it in. I hope it keeps any new weeds fro...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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14 Jul 2008Improvement Sweet Peas and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenAlthough I’m disappointed in the very poor germination rate and the slo...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
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14 Jul 2008Still fighting the deer Geraniums and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenCleaned out the older blooms. Not a difficult job, as the deer were before me...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
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14 Jul 2008Getting bigger Petunias and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenThe petunias are growing well and blooming well. They are occasionally munche...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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14 Jul 2008Not an unqualified success Kitchen Herb gardenBut not too poor for a first herb pot. The basil seems stressed, but the oreg...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
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14 Jul 2008Getting tall Oregano and Kitchen Herb gardenI’ve pinched this back and hope it’ll get bushier. It seems to th...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
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14 Jul 2008Not so good, actually Sweet Basil and Kitchen Herb gardenA month later, and my basil has grown hardly at all. It looks a bit withered,...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
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14 Jul 2008Gangbusters Daylily 'May May' Blooming and Those Pots Against the Fence gardenMost of the daylilies are full of buds and new flowers open daily. I love the...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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14 Jul 2008Maintenance work Those Pots Against the Fence gardenI finally got around to cleaning out the empty pots, which alternate with the...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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14 Jul 2008Cleaned out, now what? Flowers under the Prune Tree gardenMr. H made it his project to cut the suckers from beneath the tree. After cut...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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13 Jul 2008Well, so that's what it is! Snapdragon Budding and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenThought it looked familiar, and was pretty sure it was a snapdragon, but the ...Sunny 18°C / 64°F
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08 Jul 2008A tasty, zesty morsel Geraniums and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenEither I didn’t wait long enough for the geraniums to dry, or the Hot P...Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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07 Jul 2008Blooming (and delicious) Daylily 'May May' Blooming and Those Pots Against the Fence gardenA few blooms starting. I love this daylily because it blooms early and rebloo...Sunny 18°C / 64°F
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06 Jul 2008Fed and cleaned up Geraniums and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenThe geraniums seem to be doing well, but the deer have gotten to them a bit. ...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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06 Jul 2008Blooming Petunias Blooming and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenPretty little blooms and the plants appear to being doing well, mostly. One o...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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06 Jul 2008Blooming 1 Sweet Peas Blooming and Front Porch Raised Bed gardenFew and far between, but still…Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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06 Jul 2008Mossfield 2 1Just a little bit about the setting of my gardens. Mr. H has always wanted to...Sunny 19°C / 66°F
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06 Jul 2008Portability is good Kitchen Herb gardenThank goodness this is light-weight. I move it to a sunny spot, then have to ...Cloudy 19°C / 66°F
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29 Jun 2008Cleaning out Italian Prune tree and Flowers under the Prune Tree gardenI took some time and cut out dead wood and a few weird growths of branches. I...Sunny 28°C / 82°F
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29 Jun 2008Nothing left but the suckers Flowers under the Prune Tree gardenDuring the heat wave, I spent a last few hours pulling up everything I could ...Sunny 28°C / 82°F
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25 Jun 2008Making a list... 1 Front Porch Raised Bed gardenI bought a small sample box of Miracle-Gro plant food at the grocer’s. ...Sunny 17°C / 63°F
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24 Jun 2008wasted weekend 2 Flowers under the Prune Tree gardenThe weather this weekend was better than forecast. It’s sad that I wasn...Cloudy 19°C / 66°F
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19 Jun 2008New gardening buddy Front Porch Raised Bed gardenWhen I got home from work this afternoon, the sun was shining. Sure, it was w...Sunny 14°C / 57°F
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18 Jun 2008Planting Out Petunias Planting Out
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