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Lisa’s Saturday chores
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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End of the tulips, start of the iris
Posted: June 9th, 2003 by Lisa
It’s amazing what a couple of hours after work can do out in the garden. I was just going to do a little deadheading on the tulip bed, and before you know it, we got quite a few things off the to-do list. I did get the tulips all cut off, and Frank spread bonemeal
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Posted under Bleeding Heart, Deadheading, Iris, Mice, astilbe, daffodils, tulips.
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Clematis on sale
Posted: April 29th, 2003 by Lisa
One of the species tulips is opened up today. It’s yellow and white, and so cute! These are the ones, unfortunately, that the mice at most of, though, so there aren’t that many plants. I think they are adorable, though. Maybe they’ll spread. It really barely looks like a tulip to me. The hyacinths are
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Posted under Clematis, Farm Life, Structures, astilbe, bridge, dahlia, deck, gazebo, hosta, oxalis, peony, pergola.
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