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It's an old gardener's cheat. Buy one plant and propagate it via slips so you have three or four. Well, not only is it too cold to put things out, but frankly, prices have skyrocketed. So I've resorted to an old trick of fast propagation via slips. I'm using the delay in setting out to …
Daily writing promptWhat's a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?View all responses Sshhhhhhh! Let's not tell anyone. And especially not the lawyers...they'd never understand! Well, OK, just between you and me then. My secret ability was adaptability. I was often thrown into situations by life and sort of asked to "make …
Daily writing promptWhat are you doing this evening?View all responses The temperatures in the garden have been getting into the mid-fifties recently. And it's time to start bringing in the tender plants. The new three-tier plant rack with lights is all ready, and I'll begin to ease the most tender in tonight. At first, things …
A walk through my tiny woodland garden yielded these views of flowers this morning: Carolina All Spice Canadian Ginger Foam Flower Silver Dollar plant Tall Bell Flower Yellow Ragwort Jack in the Pulpit Red Columbine Soloman's seal White Dolls Eyes Wild geranium The silver dollar plant is an annual remnant from the days before the …
I have tried a variety of gardening methods over the years. I've finally settled on high raised beds. It's not just that my back, knees, and arthritic feet complain less. It's about post-glacial New England. I live on a hill composed mostly of gravel, sand, and rock left behind by the retreating ice sheets. Soil …
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A small herb garden is the ideal choice if you have limited space available. For the small space allotment, it could make the optimal gain for your culinary and aesthetic enjoyment.
May first time to get more of the garden in. As you can see from the above photo I have some vast acreage. What? You don't believe me? OK it's actually at a greenhouse that I shop at. But I did do a l ot of work today. Most of the herb Garden is in. …
Am I in denial? Can't do all-nighters anymore? Do my eyes glaze over with fatigue by ten PM? And do I find that I collapse on the bed as soon as I get undressed? I assure you, it's not age! It's just the season of the year. Stack cords of wood, clean up the yard, …
Getting the garden going is taking up more of my attention. Even if I have yet to set one tap for syrup in a maple. And even if February winds are howling outside the window. At the end of January, I set up the seed-starting trays with the domes. I also got out the plant …
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