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mystery solved
I'd had this plant for ten years, and was tired of not knowing what it was, so a month and a half ago I asked you what you thought it was. ( original postI had guessed it was false Solomon's seal, and the only person to answer suggested the same. Doing further research, I decided (with about 95% certainty) that's what it was. The only thing that ( Read more... ) -
Show and Tell
I have seen so many beautiful gardens; I figure that it's time to post some of my hard work. When my husband and I acquired this house, it was a foreclosure. It had to be completely gutted, and the landscaping was poorly maintained in clay soil. I've done my best to create a low-maintenance flower garden that will keep coming back year after ( Read more... ) -
Garden porn, year 3
I've been wanting to share some pictures for a while now, but between the rain and the infestation of hackberry sprouts due to birds + rain keeps me busy pulling and raking. Now, of course, the cottonwood tree is firing up its cotton production . . . . not too bad yet. Anyhow, the first year I was doing a lot of digging, amending, creating ( Read more... ) -
Huge garden revamp, finally finished.
My garden in the backyard has gone through a lot of iterations. There are those of you who might remember when we first bought the house and discovered there was nothing but plastic and clay under the wood chips.
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native plants!
I finally made my way to Yerba Buena Nursey today to pick up some native plants.
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Howdy everyone! I was hoping after my last post that we would have finished one of our larger projects by now but unfortunately, it has not come to pass. I've mentioned before that my husband and I take care of my mother and that we moved her bed to the window where she can look out and see some of the yard. The back corner of the yard is in a ( Read more... ) -
Container Garden
As is the answer to all things, I do believe it is time to look at porn.
What? Garden porn.
Went out after a weekend of rain last weekend and discovered that my squash plants had all done this:
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