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xan's Perennial Border garden
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31 Jul 2009A garden beauty 2 4 Perennial Border gardenOvercast 27°C / 81°F
She smells as wonderful as she looks. The entire yard is filled with her perfume. (No plant entry, because I have no idea what kind it is)
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26 Jul 2009Misc. tasks: ornamental 1 2 Perennial Border garden , Sideyard garden , and SoPo gardenOvercast 25°C / 77°F
Area 4 & 5:
• Took out giant whatever it is (fleabane?)
• Put bugbane there
• Staked up Hollyhock to the fence
Sideyard:
• Transplanted giant whatever it is
• Clean up cyclone fence
Misc. ornamental:
• Cut back yellow lilies (SoPo)
• Moved new spurge to btw coral bell and white lavender
• Wee...
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28 Jun 2009Auspicious new friend in the garden 6 5 Perennial Border garden28°C / 83°F
Increasing the yang (although my garden is already pretty yang) Purchased at insane discount at Ten Thousand Villages ($25 reduced from $170) due to damage, and vendor was making them pay the return shipping (the thing is solid ceramic and weighs about 40 lbs.)
(@rainymountain if you’re re...
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12 Jun 2009Lovely April day 2 2 SoPo garden , Perennial Border garden , Bill's Pond and Xan's Rose Bower garden , Rose- Moby Fish Memorial ...Cloudy 20°C / 68°F
If only it was April. Rain predicted next 5 days (what else is new) so I took today off and did all the stuff I haven’t been able to do for the past month since it’s been raining and freezing cold.
The vegetables are having a hard time with the 50F overnight temps— green pepper...
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20 May 2009Playing hooky 3 Perennial Border garden , Narnia garden , SoPo garden , Gypsophila Planting Out, Red Star Planting Out, Swe...Sunny 29°C / 84°F
Food and pretties and bright sunshine. Work is for losers. (Says the person with no job. Well, half a job.)
Put in lots of companions and edging flowers, and some filler annuals that I got yesterday at Urhausen. A couple of beds will have to wait until I’m able to move the mis-placed tuli...
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10 May 2009My favorite way to spend Mother's Day 2 5 Pumpkin WS 11 Planting Out, Herb- Borage (Pinetree), indoor tray Planting Out, Spirea, sideyard Moved, Wago...18°C / 64°F
In the garden. Due to work schedules, we did Mother’s Day meal last night. Kids paid for it out of their own pockets for the first time. It was a moment. (sniffle)
Chomping at the bit to put some seeds in the ground, but I know it’s best to wait just one more week. Here’s wh...
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04 May 2009Monday walkabout Serpentine garden and Perennial Border garden17°C / 63°F
Coriander self-seed coming up among the tomatoes; companion planting sites say it repells aphids, so I’ll leave it. A little crowded, may need to move it.
What to do with what appears to be an orny pear volunteer (about 2 feet tall right now). It will eventually shade the north end of the...
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