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Critters: Animals in the Garden

How to Attract Butterflies to the Garden in Spring

Karen April 14, 2011 0 Comments

The garden is usually filled with butterflies in summer but often has few in spring. True, many are still sleeping, but you can attract those that are “out and about”…

Garden Journal

Garden Journal: July 18, 2010

Karen July 20, 2010 2 Comments

For weeks I complained about the lack of rain and finally it rained; now I am complaining about too much rain. The soil is soupy, there is standing water in…

Garden Journal

Garden Journal: July 11 2010

Karen July 13, 2010 0 Comments

And the heat goes….and on…and no rain. We had to increase the irrigation system to include the areas where hand watering was not sufficient. Most of the perennials struggle to…

Bulbs

Top Twelve Summer Flowering Bulbs

Karen February 20, 2009 0 Comments

As spring approaches many stores are carrying a variety of summer flowering bulbs. Many of them are not bulbs at all but have parts that resemble them called corms, rhizomes,…

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Recent Posts

  • Book Review: Rekha’s Kitchen Garden
  • Edible Mushrooms: Meadow Wax Cap (Cuphophyllus pratensis)
  • Plant Profile: Bitter Apple (Solanum incanum)
  • Plants for a Mary Garden: Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) “Our Lady’s Candle”
  • Plant Profile: Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
  • Book Review: Bee & Flea and the Puddle Problem
  • Edible Mushrooms: Monk’s Head (Clitocybe geotropa aka Infundibulicybe geotropa)
  • Plant Profile: Narcissus Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)
  • Plants for a Mary Garden: Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) “Mary’s Heart”
  • Plant Profile: Yellow Bedstraw (Galium vernum)

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Book Review: Rekha’s Kitchen Garden

Vegetables

Edible Mushrooms: Meadow Wax Cap (Cuphophyllus pratensis)

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bitter Apple (Solanum incanum)

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) “Our Lady’s Candle”

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