Archive for 'Lilac'
Posted: June 18th, 2007 by
Lisa
I am slowly moving my way through a couple of my flower beds, but it is really slow going after two years of neglect. It is so easy to get so overwhelmed that I just want to quit and start over. I’m trying to stay focused, trying to enjoy it rather than seeing it as
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Posted under Bindweed, Farm Life, Lilac, Lily beetles, Mulch, Ragweed, Vetch, tulips.
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Posted: April 18th, 2004 by
Lisa
Frank still thinks I’m nuts, but I worked my tail off today putting in that new bed where the lilacs I planted aren’t going to make it. I think it is probably twenty feet long, and it entailed much digging up of sod and dirt, hauling of much crap, and generally hard, physical labor. I
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Posted under Chips, Coffee Grounds, Grass Clippings, Honey Bees, Lasagna Layering, Lilac, Mulch, Pallets, Raised Beds, Shredded Paper, Stone walls, Weed Whacker, Weeding, Weeds, Wishlist.
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Posted: April 16th, 2004 by
Lisa
Spring has sprung. It’s probably only temporary, and I know we’ll probably still get at least one more snow fall before spring is really truly here, but I don’t care. Today was absolutely beautiful, and we stayed outside as much as we could, getting a head start on the spring clean up, and getting quite
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Posted under Crocus, Lilac, daffodils, squill.
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Posted: June 8th, 2003 by
Lisa
The June garden is so, so pretty that I can hardly stop taking pictures. So much is in bloom that it’s a veritable bonanza out there for gardenporn right now. After a raining Saturday yesterday, we were really itching for some nice weather, so we could get out there and get stuff done. So even
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Posted under Bachelor Button, Chipper, Clearing, Columbine, Compost, Lilac, Phlox, Potatoes, alium.
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Posted: June 4th, 2003 by
Lisa
More and more rain. It’s depressing, though I’m telling myself it’s really good for the garden. We’ve turned off the irrigation for weeks now, because the ground is water-logged already, even the window boxes. The bugs are horrible, too, probably because it’s been so damp. The lilacs are blooming, even the bush near the poppies,
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Posted under Irrigation, Lilac, Outdoor Lights, Rain, Tech Stuff.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2002 by
Lisa
The start of the irises in the garden just seemed to happen almost overnight. They got split too hard last year, and we only had a couple of blooms, and this year, we have tons of them. As much as we complain about the quality of the soil that the landscaper installed, time and composting
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Posted under Garden Tour, Gardening, Gladiola, Iris, Lilac, Planting, Princess, Soil, Weeding.
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Posted: June 9th, 2001 by
Lisa
The fish are getting quite brave. We seem to have around 12-14 of them. It’s hard to count the little buggers. But they now come to the surface when we feed them, and if we just go to look at them, they think we’re going to feed them, so they all rush over to
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Posted under Azalea, Iris, Lantana, Lilac, Lobelia, Lupine, Phlox, Poppies, Window Boxes, bridge, daffodils, dahlia, deck, sweet peas, tulips.
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Posted: May 28th, 2001 by
Lisa
Rainy, cloudy, foggy, cool. Hardly feels like Memorial Day at all. This is the start of summer? Frank wanted to put out the summer flag, but I’d rather wait until it really warms up. Valerie is home from school, and she and Marmalade spent much time outside, chasing chipmunks. Didn’t catch any, luckily! The fishies,
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Posted under Fish, Hummingbirds, Lantana, Lilac, Lobelia, Marmalade, Planting, Window Boxes, daffodils.
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