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if two plants which clump coexist closely...are they enclumped???

Posted on 17 Oct, 2008 48 comments

Bring out your words gardeners... increase the lexicon of gardening.
It's been said that using a coined word ten (?) times makes it a word......

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Soils.... The Garden Basic...Absolute

Posted on 6 Oct, 2008 22 comments

Oh, Can I grow that in my zone? What kind of fertilizer should I use? Is it getting enough sun? Perhaps I watered it too much...too little?...

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Flagging!

Posted on 5 Sep, 2008 17 comments

This is something new to goY...and I'm wondering if I understand it's purpose. A picture that did not feature a garden plant as it's subject...

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What would life be without a garden project?

Posted on 28 Aug, 2008 10 comments

Of necessity, earlier this season, I had to redo my fishpond. That seemed an endless series of changes... I tried a couple of different arrangements...

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Rekindling an old love...

Posted on 1 Aug, 2008 5 comments

a few decades ago, when I was in my teens/early twenties I bought my first African Violet. I had the usual successes and failures...but having...

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It's the Same Old Song...COMPOST

Posted on 17 Jul, 2008 6 comments

It's the same old song... compost...compost...compost. This month I have an excellent source of nutrients to add to the compost...Rabbit droppings!...

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Pond Slogging - The Sequel

Posted on 8 Jun, 2008 29 comments

There comes a point in a project, like the eye of the hurricane, where peace descends upon you and you realize that the optimist was right....every...

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Learning the Value of Scale in a Garden Plan

Posted on 1 Jun, 2008 8 comments

Since it is high summer now, I think perhaps I may submit an update on the question of scale. I'm pleased to say that the final "plan" has...

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Fern Cobble

Posted on 17 May, 2008 1 comment

A friend asked me what a Fern Cobble was... here I go again fishing back into my geriatric memory... I knew the subject in detail thirty-odd...

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revisionist history...

Posted on 25 Apr, 2008 9 comments

When will I learn my lesson? I start something with lots of ideas in my head...and one by one they develop a flaw or a hook or they are suddenly...

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pond slogging

Posted on 21 Apr, 2008 9 comments

I've heard that we should view setbacks as opportunities...With the untimely demise of my many little fishes came an opportunity to clean, repair...

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pond ecology...

Posted on 15 Apr, 2008 8 comments

After wintering my fishes successfully for the last five years, this crazy winter finally handed me a challenge I did not meet very well. It...

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