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Early July Garden Notes: Weedy Orchids, Burnt Fig Leaves & More 5 Jul 2013 | 09:16 am
Fourth of July fireworks: Red Asiatic lily (name unknown) blooming among the amaranth. Sometimes I long for just one good old childhood summer. Remember those long stretches of sunshine, bike rides, ...
Good Work If You Can Get It... 21 Jun 2013 | 03:29 am
I was thoroughly amused to find this solicitation taped to my front door today: Excuse my finger - it's hiding their contact information. I have a tiny urban hellstrip (tree lawn) and a little squar...
A Winning Combo: Bloom Day + Foliage Follow-Up 19 Jun 2013 | 08:58 am
I do love my combinations... but what's "winning" about these is that I can use them for both Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and Foliage Follow-up! Since I'm late on both counts, these front yard garden p...
Alternative Harvest: When to Cut Your Cherries 12 Jun 2013 | 05:57 am
Yes, you read that right. To harvest my first tart cherries of the year, I used a novel tool: When would you want to use a garden scissors to harvest your cherries? Well, there are actually a few dr...
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Thai Pink Lipstick Plant 30 May 2013 | 03:37 am
Aeschynanthus 'Thai Pink' I managed to capture the bloom (ridiculously outsized compared to the foliage) before it faded, as promised... but only because Greenbow Lisa expressed some faith in me. I c...
May 2013 Foliage Follow-Up 19 May 2013 | 08:09 am
I love my front yard garden. I know that it's not good for house resale to have so much garden, and I also know that when we do finally move the person who buys the house will likely get rid of most ...
Better Late Than Never? GBBD May 2013 19 May 2013 | 07:21 am
Aaaarrrrgh. :-( I just logged in to write a late May GBBD post and realized that there were 12 legitimate comments waiting to be approved--and even more good comments sitting on my April post with no ...
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2013 16 Apr 2013 | 08:04 am
The snow drops have come and gone, but all the hellebores have started their show - along with the little Fox's Grape frittilary, and very earliest of the species tulips! And the hellebores are certa...
March Foliage Follow Up: Monstrous Monstera 17 Mar 2013 | 12:35 am
A few years back, in the summer of 2009, I was working part-time at a local garden center when a fun surprise came in our tropical order from Florida: 8 inch pots of variegated monstera deliciosa! In ...
March GBBD 2012: Orchids and Snowdrops Edition 16 Mar 2013 | 02:23 am
Since I've been more than challenged in terms of posting ANYTHING this year, I hope that you'll forgive me for this uncharacteristically brief Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post. At least it's a post--an...
