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Entries from February 2007

Website changes ahead

February 27th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 13 Comments 

I have just upgraded WordPress again. This time it combined link categories and post categories, so quite a few things need to be tinkered with. I will also be changing my theme shortly. Actually, I am going to change the theme first and then tinker, otherwise I’ll be tinkering twice. Sigh. The bottom line is, […]

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Kaleidoscope Skies

February 18th, 2007 by Craig Levy · 4 Comments 

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
I grew up during the Beatles era and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” has always been a fave in my top five. From the start, there was speculation that psychedelic drugs influenced John Lennon when he wrote the dreamy, trippy imagery into […]

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Snow Days of Winter

February 17th, 2007 by Craig Levy · 4 Comments 

Not the Valentines Day love-in I was expecting, this was a storm for the record books. Under a state of emergency all day and through the night, my county was closed down and everyone was told to stay off the roads. When it was over the snow totals came in. My little, almost unknown, town […]

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Central and Upstate NY Horticultural Events

February 17th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · No Comments 

Brave the snow, get out of the house, and learn something new! Here are some gardener-worthy events coming up in my neck of the woods.

“CNY Blooms” –Spring 2007 will sprout up before you know it, and with it the blossoming of Syracuse’s flower and garden show, now known as “CNY Blooms”. Mark your planting calendar […]

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Categories: Events · Design · Habitat gardening · Native/Invasive

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Value Seeds, or Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming

February 16th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 1 Comment 

Thanks to an eclectic garden, I learned about Value Seeds. This reminds me of Edward Hamilton Books, my favorite place to shop for gardening books. Someone else’s castoffs, but still good quality, one price for shipping no matter how much you buy, get-it-before-it’s-gone selection, and very low prices. I haven’t ordered from them myself, but […]

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Categories: Recommended Links · Seeds and Seed Starting

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Valentine’s Day Snowstorm

February 14th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 11 Comments 

Justin and Owen shoveling snow on February 14, 2007 - Photo by Cadence Purdy
By 9 a.m. this morning about 8 inches of snow had fallen, and the weather service predicts

Snow will continue right into this evening… heavy at times.

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Tough Plants for Northern Gardens: Book Review

February 13th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 15 Comments 

Quite a while back I cast aspersions on the ability of a southerner to write a book about northern gardening. I take it back. Felder Rushing has done an excellent job writing Tough Plants for Northern Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners. Mr. Rushing, sir, I apologize.
Turns out the man has done […]

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