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31 Oct 2009

Samhain 5 1 Bill's Pond and Xan's Rose Bower garden , Wagon Wheel garden , Woodland garden , Gladiolus Dormant, and Dah...

Yesterday I volunteered, as I do every year, for the local community center tot hallowe’en parade, (that’s where I got the face paint) and they gave me the straw bales this year, so I was able to mulch the onions, leeks, garlic, roses and strawberries. In addition to being good for ...

Overcast 6°C / 43°F

10 Oct 2009

Rebuilding the pond 6 4 Bill's Pond and Xan's Rose Bower garden

When we first put in the pond (well, Bill and the kids actually), Bill really wanted it to be much larger. This year he got his wish and damned if he wasn’t right. The larger surface— filling the entire “plateau” of the rose bower— is a much better scale for the sp...

Cloudy 8°C / 47°F

10 Aug 2009

Cleaning machine! 2 1 Very Happy Bill's Pond and Xan's Rose Bower garden

We have a snail in the pond! No idea how it got there. (Now I want a frog!)

Overcast 27°C / 80°F

21 Jul 2009

A new flower and photo updates 6 4 Very Happy Squash- Spaghetti , Pumpkin, indoor tray , Tomato, Brandywine , Three Sisters, their dog plus the neighbors...

Conventional wisdom said that our 50-gallon pond (surface area barely 12 sq feet) is too small for water lilies, so we’ve always used either water lettuces or water hyacinths for surface shade. However, these are ugly in a small pond. So this year I said heck with conventional wisdom, we&#...

Cloudy 21°C / 69°F

21 Jul 2009

Pansies in July 2 5 Happy Pansies Blooming, Marigolds and pansies Blooming, and Bill's Pond and Xan's Rose Bower garden

Also lettuce. Sheesh

Cloudy 21°C / 69°F

17 Jul 2009

Pond 1 Papyrus (dwarf) and Bill's Pond and Xan's Rose Bower garden

Still no fish, but we think we’ll try again next week. In the meantime, the plants are doing great, including what appears to be a water lily bud. So exciting. I love it when the garden does something new.

Overcast 22°C / 71°F

12 Jun 2009

Lovely April day 2 2 SoPo garden , Perennial Border garden , Bill's Pond and Xan's Rose Bower garden , Rose- Moby Fish Memorial ...

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...

Cloudy 20°C / 68°F

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