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Member since: Apr 11 | Last seen: Apr 12 | Years gardening: 8

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  • 06 Jun 2011
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    My father would be ashamed

    I fully intended to go out to the garden and work until dark. The plan was to finally cover the pathways in my veggie garden with mulch. I had been putting off this task for too long. After hauling topsoil for what seemed like an eternity, I was not looking forward to hauling mulch. But today I w...
    30°C / 86°F
  • 03 Jun 2011
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    It seemed like a good idea at the time

    The year before last, I was behind my veggie garden, at the edge of the overgrown, wooded area between our yard and the neighbors’, and spotted some iris foliage. No one was going to admire them way back here, so I dug it up and planted it in new bed by our house. There was nothing in the n...
    23°C / 74°F
  • 25 May 2011
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    I don't think these are weeds...

    A friend gave me some hostas, rudbeckia, catmint, and bee balm and these two plants were in the mix. My friends aren’t sure what they are. They could be weeds for all I know. They didn’t flower last year, the first one spread quite a bit. I don’t know what else to say about them...
    24°C / 76°F
  • 17 May 2011
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    Enough with the rain already... I have work to do!

    Argh. I felt a little crazy today. The veggie garden isn’t finished, we expanded this year, and I still have a couple of beds to be filled, and a pumpkin/watermelon area that needs topsoil and fencing. Having an incomplete garden when I am supposed to be planting, makes me a little twitchy,...
    Rainy 17°C / 62°F

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