Archive for 'Marmalade'
Posted: April 17th, 2004 by
Lisa
I started this year right in the front of the house. The hosta I’d gotten so cheaply from Walmart and potted up were doing so well that I wanted to get them into the ground. I think they could handle even a hard freeze if we get another one, so in they’ll go. I put
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Posted under Compost, Marmalade, Shady garden, hosta, pansy.
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Posted: November 1st, 2003 by
Lisa
I’ve been gone all week in DC, so coming home to a serious day of gardening was just what the doctor ordered, and the weather cooperated nicely. There wasn’t really much blue sky, but it was warm and it wasn’t raining, and I’ll take that after the cold and wet fall we’ve been having
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Posted under Compost, Firewood, Marmalade, Mulch, Pond scoop, Princess, Soil, Worm Castings, tree peony.
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Posted: October 26th, 2003 by
Lisa
Okay, we got that one bed, the primary one for the spring flowers, put to bed for the year. It turned out to be a huge amount of work, but I’m hoping to not have to repeat it in the spring. We covered it all with a couple of inches of beautiful black compost and
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Deadheading, Marmalade, Mulch, Planting, Princess, Pruning.
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Posted: September 20th, 2003 by
Lisa
We’re finally home on the weekend again, and worked ourselves until we were exhausted outside today. Marmalade kept us company no matter where we went outside. It was very cute. The first thing we did was get started again on the firewood. We heat with wood on the first floor of our house, and in
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Posted under Blewitt, Chips, Elm Oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius, Firewood, Harvesting, Marmalade, Mulch, Mushrooms, Reviews, Sawdust, Stacking, Window Boxes, deck, stropharia.
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Posted: September 15th, 2003 by
Lisa
I’ve been out of town for over a week, and I’ve missed my garden so much. As soon as I got home, Princess, Yoda and I went out to see how it was doing without me, and to see what’s in bloom at this point. I was out in Sacramento and San Francisco where it
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Posted under Burning Bush, Deadheading, Gardening, Marmalade, Obedient Plant, Princess, Roses, Sedum, Yoda.
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Posted: July 15th, 2003 by
Lisa
I tried to introduce the cats to the catnip plant that I planted earlier this year. I caught Yoda chewing on my clematis earlier in the evening, and I hate to scold him because he’s such a scaredy cat and I don’t want to scare him, but c’mon. Not on my clematis! None of them
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Posted under Design Ideas, Gardening, Marmalade, Pathways, Planting, Pruning, Red-twig Dogwood, Yoda, gazebo.
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Posted: June 14th, 2003 by
Lisa
One of the things I got done this Saturday was planting the stuff from swapping that had come in during the week while I was out of town. I got some Monarda Purple Bea Balm in on the side of the pergola by the chives. I didn’t actually need more bea balm, but since I
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Posted under Bee Balm, Cats, Columbine, Compost, Fish, Foxglove, Gardening, Hollyhocks, Lamium, Lupine, Marmalade, Plant Swap, Planting, Princess, Ragweed, Weeding, Weeds, Yoda, astilbe, pergola, water lily.
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Posted: May 10th, 2003 by
Frank
I’m pleased to announce another addition to the vast Richards web-empire: In my personal pages at www.therichards.org there’s now another Moveable Type journal, covering the boozing we do wines we enjoy. Curmudgeon that I am it will also cover the ones we drink but don’t enjoy, and the ones that are ok, but not as good as something else that costs the same or less. Gratuitous shot of Marmalade, the Mighty Hunter, out in the garden.
Posted under Marmalade, Tech Stuff, Wine.
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Posted: April 15th, 2003 by
Lisa
We did a walk about after work today, just to see what’s coming up. There are definite daffs and species tulips all over the place at this point. The cats all had a great time following us around, though mostly they enjoyed playing around with me on the front porch deck, dashing around the sawmill
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Posted under Ash, Compost, Dogs, Marmalade, Princess, Red-twig Dogwood, Sawmill, Viola, Yoda, daffodils, gazebo, pergola, tulips.
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Posted: April 12th, 2003 by
Lisa
We both kept ourselves busy with gardening tasks today. We went up north this morning, looking for breakfast and grow bulbs. Breakfast was good, but neither Walmart, K-Mart, nor the pet store in Claremont had a single grow bulb for our shop light fixtures. We should have stocked up better when we saw them all
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Posted under Building, Compost, Crocus, Design Ideas, Fish, Grow lights, Marmalade, Pond, Princess, Window Boxes, Yoda, daffodils, tulips.
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