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30 Jun 2009Patio progress 1 South Patio gardenThis past weekend, I put down weed block on the ground for my patio. I have added about a ton of new gravel and tamped to first layer. The patio is starting to take shape, and I love how it is looking with the plantings nearby. I hope to be finished with the building of the patio by the end of...19°C / 67°F
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30 Jun 2009Lily of the Valley BloomedThe Lily of the Valley is much happier in it’s new location this. With the extra rain and shade it bloomed profusely and smelled heavenly this spring. I can’t wait to see it next year!19°C / 67°F
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01 Jun 2009Planting Out roma tomato Planting Out
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31 Mar 2009Spring Assessments East gardenThe East garden is looking pretty good at this time. The French Pink pussy willow survived it’s transplanting last fall and had the decency to bloom a couple weeks ago. The Altheas are looking like they will make it. The new lawn looks amazing and already needs to be mowed. I am expecti...11°C / 51°F
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21 Oct 2008Sown Icicle Pansies Sown and South Patio gardenI am trying a flat of golden icicle pansies. Supposedly these will bloom until after a hard frost and spring back to bloom again next spring. This would make them almost perennial. I thought it was worth a try.
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23 Sep 2008Grass East gardenI am thrilled to announce that our seeding a new lawn has been fairly successful! We have a lot of new grass. It’s been mowed twice and I reseeded the bare spots this past weekend. All is going well.Sunny 24°C / 76°F
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20 Sep 2008Transplanted Pussy willow Transplanted
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04 Sep 2008New plants and transplants West Shade gardenThis garden got two new redbud trees this March. Thanks to the Boone County Garden Fest giving out free bareroot trees and my friend Bushi7, who gave me hers since she has way too many trees at her house. Thank you, thank you. Both trees are doing very well. In a corner of this garden I transp...Rainy 23°C / 73°F
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04 Sep 2008New lawn East gardenThe east garden is almost a blank slate since we had some foundation work done on the house. Pretty much the entire garden area has been regraded with a lot of clay soil exposed. So Aug. 31st, my husband and I fertilized, seeded and started watering in hopes that a beautiful new lawn will emerge...Overcast 24°C / 75°F
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04 Sep 2008Early summer progress 1 Veggie gardenI am proud to say that we have had a fantastic crop of squash (straightneck early yellow), zucchini (dark green), cucumbers(national pickling), pole beans(Kentucky wonder and garden romano), roma tomatoes, spinach mustard (tendergreen). The last two or three years all but the tomatoes failed and ...Overcast 23°C / 74°F
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