- Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed. ~Lewis Gannit
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
A little bit about nothing.
Well I haven’t been up to much in the garden.Other than taking pictures.I should be using these cooler days to get out and weed.I should be clearing up the backlog of weeding ,so that my garden still looks nice and … Continue reading
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Rainy days
Occasional I am enchanted by my garden.Usually these days,(free from my usual critical eye)involve the rain.With the tall spikes of the Foxglove,and the hazy personality of the Campanula creeping over the edges,the garden seems endless.The lush greens.The wonderful smell of … Continue reading
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Home grown produce.
We’ve had progress in the Veggie beds.The pumpkins have exploded!Their arms stretched out eager to acquire more ground.Flowers dazzle ,shaded by the monolithic leaves.Over at the tomatoes,space is at a premium.They are no worse for wear.They are healthy and strong.I … Continue reading
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Ideas in bloom
Okay I’ll admit it.I love plant sales.Nothing pleases me more than leaving a local garden, or clubarms laden with a box of plants.Now half of the adventure of a good plant sale is the urgency.The place is always crammed.You have … Continue reading
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A post delayed…
My garden hasn’t skipped a beat.Its just me that’s getting slower. My husband finished the front patio and walkway early this week as a birthday present.I’m over the moon!It makes such a difference when walking the path.More so, it makes … Continue reading
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Some things are worth the wait.
A lot has been happening the last few days in my garden.She has awoken with the joys and pains of summer.We are in the tail end of a heat wave.Which brings with it a bounce in growth in the flowers,but … Continue reading
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