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Garden Tweets

First Snowdrops: Status update

March 10, 2010

First snowdrops bloomed today *and* it got up to 61F. Yes, mud season is here!

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Horticulture Magazine Lists Their Twenty Favorite Garden Blogs

November 18, 2009

I was named as one of Horticulture’s favorite garden blogs–many thanks!

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Mini Guest Post

November 4, 2009

I am cited as a “winter survival pro” at Seasonal Wisdom. Check it out, and add your own tips in the comments. I know a lot of my readers are winter survival pros.

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Snow? Noooo!

October 12, 2009

Yikes! Snow predicted for Friday! This is happening too fast for me. Just had first hard frost (26F) last night.

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One Chore Begets Another

October 5, 2009

Spent 2 hours cutting dead stuff down (mostly peony foliage), revealing weeds that will have to be pulled another day. Sigh.

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Light First Frost of Autumn 2009

September 19, 2009

I saw frost in shady lawn this a.m., but coleus, cosmos, dahlias all look fine. Just that one spot, I guess.

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If you know invasive plants could you reply to this comment? A reader has commented on an older post about an invasive plant she can’t identify. I don’t recognize it from her description, but maybe you do.

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First colchicum

September 6, 2009

My first colchicum is up but hasn’t pinked up yet.Most colchicums emerge white and then pink up over the next few days.
Did you know I am a colchicum evangelist, spreading the good news of colchicums wherever I go? For some of my earlier messages, check out the archives.

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Seven Years Blogging

August 27, 2009

Seven years ago today, I wrote my first blog post: My Goals for Cold Climate Gardening

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Gorgeous Autumn Day

August 27, 2009

Today is a gorgeous autumn day. Yes, autumn.

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More rain last night

August 10, 2009

3 inches of rain in last 24hrs. Bet the late blight loved that. Humid & hot today-does it like heat?
Update
The same day I wrote this, another 1.3 inches of rain fell late in the afternoon. That makes 4.3 inches in 48 hours. We often don’t get that much in a whole month, especially in the [...]

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