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Memorial Day Weekend, Hot, Hot, Hot!
I have come to the conclusion that I can’t do all the work needed in all the beds I have. I was ahead and now I’m behind. All of the beds were weeded and upon returning to VA, they need to be weeded again. The weather has not been cooperative. Any free time, like yesterday,…
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What’s Blooming – May
I’m still out in the garden every day that the weather cooperates. I have one more bed to clean up. This is the big perennial bed in the front. I have cleaned up most of the perimeter but I need to get into the interior, which is very hard with my mobility issues. Anyway…. everytime…
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
This is one of my favorite times of the year! Everything is starting to grow and the early blooms are coming out. The Iris, Lungwort, Clematis and Columbine are blooming, (The Columbine have also started popping up throughout the garden). The Peony has many buds, as do the roses. The Coneflowers, Scabiosa, Salvia, Hosta and…
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Three Days in the Garden
I’m on a roll. The weather has been cooperating with my ability to be outside and every afternoon from 3 until 6 or 7:00 that is where I am. The first day this week I started in the garden bed that has Bee Balm, Beauty Bush, Butterfly Bush, Iris,’ Milkweed and Crocosmia. The Bee Balm,…
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Back in the Garden 3/16/22
In past two days the weather has been cooperating, (high 60’s/70) for me to get back into the garden. Both days I went out late in the afternoon, (daylight savings time has helped). It’s funny that I used to limit myself. If I rode my bike, then I couldn’t work in the garden. If I…
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Bluebird Alert
This morning I saw the bluebirds making a nest in the bluebird house! That makes me so happy!
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2/22/22 – Back in the Garden
Yesterday was 75 degrees and sunny. yeah! I wanted to get outside and prune the roses. I have eight rose bushes and three of them were here when we moved in and have grown a little out of control. I had been hesitant on pruning, because I wasn’t sure when to do it. By volunteering…
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Outside my Window
We are in the middle of January and not much is happening in the garden. I take this time to notice the silhouette of the bare trees and tall grasses with their fronds. I appreciate the bright green and red berries of the holly and nandina, and I like to watch the wildlife coming to…
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Nature’s Healing
Lately I’ve been taking the back roads driving home from the garden. I see that Virginia is in its prime for fall foliage. No matter how low or overwhelmed I get with thoughts and problems, I cannot express the feeling I get seeing the beautiful colors of autumn. The golds, reds, browns are stunning. With…
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No Joy in the Garden Today
The past two days I have been in the garden weeding. I usually get real pleasure from weeding, give me a good root and I’ll dig and tug till I get the sucker! Anyway, I’ve been working on a couple of beds that had some other problems. The first bed had Bee Balm, Beauty Bush,…