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Where does time go? 9 Dec 2012 | 06:17 pm
I have a New Year’s resolution already – I am going to get this website updated and make time every week to post to it. So many things have been happening (mostly non-garden-related) that this has bee...
Oct. 7th – Garlic planting 8 Oct 2012 | 08:00 pm
I usually forget about fall planting of garlic until it is too late to order it, but this year I was lucky and was able to get some beautiful purple-skinned Russian garlic from Dunster, courtesy of th...
Turtle Gardens in a race for Funds! 1 Oct 2012 | 03:25 am
This fundraiser won’t even cost you anything – just vote once a day for 15 days starting October 1st. (Twice a day if you can do it from work as well – different computer, different e-mail address, di...
Sept. 24: the inside of a Bells of Ireland 24 Sep 2012 | 10:16 am
I never really looked at Bells of Ireland before. It’s no secret that annuals don’t really interest me – after all, I always say, once a marigold is in bloom, that’s it – just more of the same all su...
Sept. 23 – Playing with dogs again. 24 Sep 2012 | 03:08 am
I have been fostering Devi, a darling little Border Collie cross with a motor-function disability, and she’s been keeping me busy and out of the garden. Devi likes toys! – and they keep her Border Col...
Sept. 15th – 1st frost and mandatory bean harvest 16 Sep 2012 | 05:53 pm
We had a light frost last night – just enough to take out the beans. The ones at home had barely got going, but the ones half-way up the hill at work were going full bore. (They were in large tubs …...
Thoughts on weeds and knowledge. 30 Aug 2012 | 08:36 am
I started pulling out the fading pea vines today – that is an easy and satisfying chore to work on, and then to check off the list. The roots are laden with little nodules that will provide the nitr...
Aug. 23 – the survival of the fittest bulbs 24 Aug 2012 | 06:31 am
I finally got back to work in the garden (driven by guilt) and discovered that the bulbs that had been so cruelly eaten down by the dear deer this spring have mostly all survived. The retuculata iris...
Aug. 15th – A Perfect Evening 17 Aug 2012 | 03:30 am
I did something yesterday evening that I haven’t done for a while – nothing. The weather was perfect, clear sky, no clouds, not too hot, there were no mosquitoes, and the dogs and I sat out on the po...
Aug 14th, 2012 – Distracted by the Dogs! 15 Aug 2012 | 01:28 am
Caught up with the Canines? Oh well, the point is, I’ve been too busy playing with puppies to worry much about the garden. We have taken on three foster dogs at work, all from the Turtle Gardens re...
