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Posts from the ‘Gardening’ Category

5
Jan
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A Moment to Catalog

I have many projects to keep me busy during the winter months when gardening life is on hold, or in slow-motion. Even so, I still enjoy moments that reconnect me with the orchard and herbary. Read moreRead more

16
Oct
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A Garden Fringe

A small but useful iron fence
Delineates the inner courtyard Read moreRead more

10
Oct
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The Push of Time

It’s over for another year
As greens are shifting far and near Read moreRead more

2
Oct
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The Orchard Comes of Age

It was a very good gardening year. Read moreRead more

29
Sep
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The Herb Garden

The herb garden expanded nicely this summer. Read moreRead more

21
Aug
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Gracious Garden Fauna

If you have a garden, you have fauna. Oh yes! Read moreRead more

19
Aug
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Eat Your Purples!

Eat your greens.

Good.

Now… eat your purples! Read moreRead more

5
Aug
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Cucumber Tendrils

Planted near a wall of brick
were six small seeds of cucumber Read moreRead more

4
Aug
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These Sweet Snow Peas

These sweet snow peas

with grated cheese Read moreRead more

1
Aug
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Purple Passion Flower

I had purchased a package of Passiflora incarnata seeds, or purple passion flower if you prefer, because I wanted to challenge myself.

Would I be able to keep this type of vine in this temperate climate? Since it’s not hardy enough for this area, I would have to treat a passion flower plant like a greenhouse specimen. Read moreRead more