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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...
The Collected Seed
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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