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Archive for 'Bindweed'

Downsizing the garden

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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Bulbs and Brush

Posted: October 24th, 2004 by Lisa

We finally attacked the bed where I want all of the new bulbs to go. I was dreading it, but it wasn’t that bad. We pulled all of the glads and dahlias, and I’m amazed at how great that soil is. This is the new bed I did this spring, with the lasagna method and

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Posted under Bindweed, Brambles, Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Clearing, Forsythia, Gardening, Gladiola, Lasagna Layering, Mulch, Pasture, Reviews, Sheep, Soil, Stone walls, Tractor, Weeding, Weeds, Worms, dahlia.
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And so starts August

Posted: August 2nd, 2003 by Lisa

We’ve had pretty heavy rains all week this week, and the flowers in bloom in the garden are really starting to show the strain of all the water weight. The Shasta daisies in particular have mostly flopped over and started to rot, turning into a most unattractive slime heap. Ick. So I went out and

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Posted under Bindweed, Coneflowers, Crazy Daisy, Deadheading, Delphinium, Frogs, Gardening, Harvesting, Hollyhocks, Lasagna Layering, Lily beetles, Planting, Potatoes, Rain, Reviews, Soil, Star Gazer, Tiger, Weed Whacker, hydrangea.
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Not Slacking

Posted: July 28th, 2003 by Lisa

We were out sitting in the gazebo after work last night, enjoying a glass of wine, ready to veg the night away. We were both talking about how low on energy we were. In particular, I was griping about being sore because of how hard we’d worked all weekend. We were looking out at the

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Posted under Bindweed, Chainsaw, Clearing, Compost, Coneflowers, Delphinium, Japanese beetles, Weeding.
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Summer Arrives

Posted: July 3rd, 2003 by Lisa

Usually, by the fourth of July, I’ve got all of my hot summer colors going strong in the garden. Despite the heat (which has been horrible), the summer colors are just now coming into their own. I used to be able to count on a burst of my ditch lilies reliably blooming right on the

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Posted under Bindweed, Chrysler Imperial, Ditch, Golden Globe, Grow lights, Hollyhocks, Lily, Madame Hardy, Roses, Soil.
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The First Working Saturday

Posted: April 19th, 2003 by Lisa

It’s Saturday, it’s warm, I’ve been gone all week, and I couldn’t wait to get out there in the garden and get going. I started this year with my least favorite bed. I figure if I start the spring clean up here, or perhaps I’ll keep it under control and stop avoiding it so much.

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Posted under Bindweed, Compost, Gardening, Mice, Mulch, Mums, Sawmill, Splitting, Weeding, Weeds, Zebra Grass, daffodils, deck, heather, tulips.
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Spreading more compost

Posted: September 16th, 2002 by Lisa

We got outside in the garden after work today, mostly because it was beautiful weather and puttering out there gives us an excuse to get out there. I messed around on the trampoline as well, which was fun. But mostly, we spread compost. In particular, we are moving back toward that area where we cut

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Posted under Bindweed, Coffee Grounds, Compost, Lasagna Layering, dahlia.
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