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My thoughts on a variety of garden topics. Favorites include: vegetables, native plants, heavy clay soil, composting, and gardening with ornery dogs.
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Fall is for planting natives!
I'm so excited that its finally closing in on one of my favorite times of year... when I get to plant amazing, wonderful, beautiful...
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Aug 25, 20202 min read
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Rain Garden resources
Bermuda grass isn't the only thing that creeps in my yard gardening projects do too. Two projects continue to creep along in my yard and...
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Mar 2, 20201 min read
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How my wallet survives springtime
Raise your hand if you want to grow all the things! I'm guilty. I read gardening blogs, online threads, and get sucked into Facebook...
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Jan 14, 20202 min read
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Spring Bulbs and Fall Seeds
Images from Holland Bulb Farm As you may know, I work full-time and in my peak seasons, 8-5 is more like 8-???. October is one of those...
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Nov 18, 20195 min read
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Current obsession: Penstemon digitalis (beardtongue/foxglove beardtongue)
My crush de jour resulted from a weekend away when I kept spotting a roadside wildflower that I couldn't identify. I presumed it was...
The Collected Seed
Sep 17, 20193 min read
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Those nasty boys...
Even in plants, the adage, "Beauty can be deceiving," rings true. To make it more complicated, plants' hawkish nature can go by two names...
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May 31, 20192 min read
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The color in my memories
Even as I intentionally avoided the annual native Gaillardia Pulchella, it lurked in my memories and its beauty unexpectedly found its...
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May 16, 20192 min read
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