🌿 gardening
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Gardening in June
It’s June – mid-June, at that. The weather has been strange so far this year. March was unseasonably hot, but since then it’s been cooler than usual. As I’m writing…
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Unwelcome severance
That. That is the severed stem – one of several! – of a truly lovely magnolia blossom snap pea that was just beginning to transition from the occasional blossom to…
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Up close: plants around the neighborhood
A week or two ago, it occurred to me that one way to improve my plant photography would be to, gasp, practice. I’m fortunate to live in an area where…
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Sun & rain: six-on-Saturday garden update
The day started with a low gray drizzle, mist over the southern hills and the sound of dripping echoing in the drainpipes. Mid-morning, however, the weather cleared. I spent the…
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The garden, late January, 2021 (!)
Here it is already, late January, the last Saturday in the month. Over the past several weeks I’ve thought about and not written half a dozen blog posts: on the…
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Tomato as perennial, and other mysteries
Mid December, and not much rain. I’ve been looking around the garden, and thinking things like should weed and time to prune, but then the sun goes on shining and…
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