We’re busy, we’re aging, but we love gardening! Are you swamped with a job and family; or an over-50 gardener that doesn’t move at the same pace; or a city dweller with a passion for plants but little space to work with? I bet you fall into one of the above scenarios. I fit two [...]
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How to Analyze An Area of Your Yard to Improve It: The Parking Pad Bed
March 9, 2014 – Posted in: Design, How-to, New House, New Gardens, Parking Pad BedIn case you are just joining in: About two-and-a-half years ago our family moved from our long-time rural home to a different 19th-century farm house about twenty-five minutes from our previous one. I have been renovating the landscape around the house in a non-systematic frenzy and writing about it as time permits. (Previous posts are [...]
New Shrubs to Identify: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day August 2012
August 16, 2012 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingPerhaps it was the hot, dry spell we had, but there didn't seem to be too much blooming the past month. Much of what is blooming is woody. Once again, identification help is welcome, as most of these were already here when I moved in. This shrub is in the bed that borders the parking [...]
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