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Garden? Really?

13.06.2010

No garden this year. Time has been like water through a sieve. I could have sworn it was just March last week, and I had loads of time. Ha. Here we are in June already. I’m sure it’s way too late to do any kind of gardening. Except, I did manage to score some lemon-drop [...]

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A Bit of Spring (and summer for that matter) in the Mailbox

28.12.2009

It’s here—my Burpee catalogue. Winter only officially began one week ago, but this rite of spring can never come soon enough. Last spring and summer were such disappointments. We had so much rain that all the veggies and herbs I planted drowned. The flowers hung on a bit longer, but in the end, never were [...]

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Snow, Flowers, and WIP?

10.12.2009

Another snowfall yesterday, this time a half a foot. That means shoveling. After I finished all that needed clearing, after I took off all of my shoveling outfit—coat, scarf, hat, gloves, boots—and was comfortably inside and warm, I noticed something I missed. I never have the heart to throw the summer annuals in the compost [...]

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Winding Down And Finishing Up, To Begin Again

01.10.2009

Things seem to be winding down all around. I started my yard cleanup for the fall, cutting back the hostas and the irises. And the peonies. And the lilies. And some of the hydrangeas, especially where the deer have devoured them. I still have to get to the south side of the house and prune [...]

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