Archive for 'Chives'
Posted: May 31st, 2003 by
Lisa
Finally, a day when it’s not actually raining. Well, not very hard, anyway. There was light drizzle on and off and the sun didn’t actually come out, but we got quite a bit done out there today. The town had their annual plant swap in the morning. I took down some obedient plant, a couple
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Posted under Blackflies, Chives, Chocolate, Compost, Coneflowers, Evening Primrose, Golden Globe, Hollyhocks, Medallion, Mint, Phlox, Plant Swap, Planting, Potatoes, Roses, Splitting, Trillium, Worms, campions.
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Posted: May 1st, 2003 by
Lisa
I had every intention of starting some herbs from seed in boxes for the upper balcony deck this year. I even bought the seed. I bought some sand to mix with the potting soil. I researched what temps they want to germinate. I kept a shelf clear in the basement for them. Somehow I never
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Posted under Basil, Chives, Gardening, Grow lights, Herbs, Planting, Soil, Window Boxes.
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Posted: April 27th, 2003 by
Lisa
I started outside this morning wanting to finish the bed directly in front of the front door. Though I’d done the majority of that bed, for some reason I stopped short of the most visible part, which was dumb, but I started there today, and what a huge difference it made! First off, I tackled
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Posted under Chives, Fish, Flowers, Gardening, Gladiola, Grow lights, Irrigation, Newts, Planting, Pond, Pruning, Shady garden, Soil, Splitting, Weeding.
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Posted: June 9th, 2002 by
Lisa
The chives right next to the pergola are in full bloom today. They’ve reseeded themselves and are very happy all over my garden, actually. Oops! Frank’s been playing with the camera, and I loved the shot of the chives with the bee so much it’s now the background wallpaper on my computer, plus I printed
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Posted under Cats, Chives, Farm Life, Mountain Ash, Princess, peony, pergola.
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Posted: June 8th, 2002 by
Lisa
We were outside every possible minute today, trying to get things ready for the garden tour. I’m slowly feeling like I’m getting it under control, though. There are still lots of iris in bloom, with the Siberian ones just coming out. There are a bunch of these in the shallow parts of the pond’s waterfall,
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Posted under Chives, Clematis, Grapes, Grass Clippings, Honeysuckle, Lawn, Princess, Siberian, Soil, Weeding, Wild birds, gazebo, pergola.
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