Checking out the new Academic Quad at Rice
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This Owl flew back to Rice University in Houston for Homecoming and to
check out the newly redesigned Academic Quad.… Read More
The post Checking out the...
Beans ..
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Tsar (white) , Borlotti (speckled)
and Cobra (black) beans. 27 October 2024
We grow beans for drying.
They climb up our sticks over the summer, flowering...
Strawberry Tree
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Since moving to Washington, I have discovered a great number of new trees.
One of my favorites is the Strawberry Tree (*Arbutus unedo*). It is a
four-sea...
The Cindervale Pearl: A Book
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Not everyone gets to say this: my son wrote and illustrated a book for my
birthday, and you can buy a copy for yourself! It started out as two pages
of a c...
A cleaner is a cleaner
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Very early on in my blogging life I wrote a post detailing a lot of green
cleaners. It was ridiculous really, I was doing what the supermarkets do -
havi...
Separated at birth? Primates
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[image: Me with a orangutan sculpture at Avebury Manor]
We had a lovely time at Avebury Manor's sculpture exhibition on Saturday
and my friend *W* kindly...
Propagating A Dwarf Hydrangea
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Finally, here's a new post from me, after a lapse of one year! So where
have I been all this while? Hmm...
My dwarf hydrangea is a short bush that comes in...
Pumpkin progress
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Finally one of my pumpkins seems to be viable. I’ve had a lot of failures
this year but this looks like a go-er! Not the best shape but I’ll take
it. L...
Sweet tooth
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A baby cantaloupe, nestled under a dense canopy of leaves. Mmmm, will
be…delicious. It’s well on its way to fully-matured, ready-to-eat goodness,
a few w...
The Start of the Season
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It is the last day of May. And spring has finally arrived in the mountains.
We're lightyears behind gardeners in kinder climates. Who are likely
showing...
Remembering Mi Abuela
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I was prompted by a post I saw on Facebook about growing old and being
loved in spite of losing your hair and getting wrinkled. It was a quote
that said: "...
My Garden Today
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It’s nearing the end of March and I have visions of a warm sunny spring
with flowers and planting chores to do very soon. We have had dreary wet
weather ...
Love Affair with a Grasshopper
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Dear Plant Whatever Brings You Joy Readers, After a nearly one year hiatus
as I have been adapting to living in New Mexico, I am happy to announce
that thi...
PUFFER FISH® Hydrangea is a Winner
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Make your landscape designs fun. PUFFER FISH® Hydrangea paniculata is like
a BOBO® Hydrangea, but on steroids. Like Bobo, every inch of the plant is
cove...
Plastic in my Front Garden
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We are drowning the earth in plastic. It started out as a boon to
humankind, but now it is polluting our oceans and land. The micro plastic
bis enter our f...
Care of Young Nursery Plants
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Most of your young seedlings have been cultivated in semi-shade their
entire lives. Best to plant them on an overcast day or in the early
evening. Watch ou...
When gardeners wander
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'La famille de voyageurs' by Bruno Catalano
How have you been doing, my garden family? It's been years and years,
hasn't it? So much has happened in the...
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It is with great sorrow I am writing to say that Joanne passed away on
Wednesday 28th December 2022.
With Mike by her side she left us after a two year...
The New Year
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I am still grieving for my animals so I am not writing much. I just wanted
to wish all of you a Happy New Year. I hope it brings you everything you
want...
Compost Pile Maintenance Tips
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A healthy garden needs rich compost to enrich the soil with nutrients that
have been used throughout the year. To make your own compost pile, the best
time...
High Summer
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It is high summer in the garden right now. July is the dry month in RI and
the sprinklers are going, the sun is shining and it is a hot 80F at 8:00
AM. Gar...
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Nytt kjøkken
Eg har lenge hatt lyst på nytt kjøkken og nå har me fått det på plass.
Då me i 2011 renoverte huset blei kjøkkenet som var frå før sett på ...
My last post
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After 15 years of writing my garden journey on this blog, the time has come
to end the blog. The journey will continue and I will share the pictures
of ...
Pre-Order My Newest Book!
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I’m pleased to announce that my 6th book, Grow Curious: A Journal to
Cultivate Wonder in Your Garden, is now available for pre-order and will be
published ...
A Glut of Cepes
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This exceptionally warm and at times humid September has gifted mushroom
lovers all over the Perigord with a harvest not seen for years.
The restaur...
Trollt Euch! und Link zum aktuellen Blog
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*Freya-Tag, 21. Mai 2021*
*Tagebuch – Gedanken*
*"Normale Aufruf-Zahlen" meiner Posts HIER zwischen zehn und fünfzig, sind
mir gut geläufig. Steigt das...
On This Special Day....
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...I Honor Thee
It's been almost four months since we've lost our Mom.
And those passing months have felt like an eternity.
We (my four siblings ...
A Calendar for 2021
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Hello, dear friends and gentle readers. As weird as 2020 has been, the
current garden has benefitted from the near constant tweaking and improving
with all...
No longer a Balcony Gardener
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It's been years since a post, and years since I've been a balcony
gardener. Now I have a real house, with a small but good sized back and
front garden. ...
7 Tips How to Improve Your Garden Style - DIY
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This year you probably will feel like spending more time outside than
inside of your home. And even if you haven’t planned too many changes in
your garden,...
This blog has moved !
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This is my old blog, which I will keep as an archive.
I am now blogging entirely from my website:
https://www.noelkingsbury.com/noelsgarden-blog
See you...
Announcements
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One: the article I mentioned writing last year for the Old Farmer's Almanac
Garden Guide is out; print copies have been available on their website for
a fe...
My Woodsy Garden
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I’m still here y’all! My new-to-me garden is almost 5 years old. Just
popping in here with a quick video to give you a glimpse of how it’s grown.
The view ...
Instacrafting/ crafters and DIY
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I set up an Instagram account a few years ago and promptly forgot about it
until some months ago and began browsing and got hooked enough to start
posti...
Moving announcement! New link to visit!
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[image: https://artofgardening823736298.wordpress.com/]
I have switched formats for this blog—from Blogger to Wordpress. This blog
will stay here for archi...
May 2018 Garden Scrapbook
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*I*t’s already July. The temperature is around 100°F every day, the world
is a mess and good friends are in the hospital and/or rehab. So what can I
do? ...
Long time, no blog.
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I'm thinking of resuming my blog. Is it still viable?
If I can figure it out, we'll give it a go.
I guess it is! We will see how things happen here.
Our New Liesegang on Life
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Gaining a new "Liesegang" on life Southern Illinois is nothing if not rich
in photogenic rock formations. These particular sandstone ledges on a trail
in...
Join the Chinese Kitchen Garden Community!
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Click to join The Chinese Kitchen Garden Facebook Group where we talk
growing, preparing, eating, cooking, using and enjoying Asian vegetables. I
hope you...
TALL BEARDED IRIS IRWELL SOFT HEARTED
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Blooming today in the Autumn afternoon sun shining its light on this
re-bloomer. Tall! some 9 inches taller than its registered height coming in
at 97c...
Pansies, milkweed & daffs, oh my!
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Yes, it's been a while since I've posted. All is well...just very, very
busy. There isn't a lot of time these days to post free stuff, or even to
donate a...
Home Made Pest Control Solution(s)
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I'm really not a big fan of pesticides or chemicals. Actually, that's
putting it mildly...I hate pesticides. They are almost always used too
liberally, and...
Just Enjoying The Flowers
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Hydrangea I think every gardener has a critical eye when it comes to their
own garden. I know I do. As I walk through the beds I focus on the bare
spots, ...
TOWER OF SWEET TATER TEMPTATION
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Behold the fabled tower! It is said to control our ids. When it tells us
to sacrifice a Chia Pet in its honor, we do it with a grateful smile. With
clay...
Daffodil 'February Gold'
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Such a hopeful name. Any flower that is willing to bloom in February gets
my vote. Unfortunately, in all of our years in the hollow, I don't think
this p...
New Book of Short Stories from Mort Mather
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*A Stone's Throw, Orvie's Stories*Back in the earliest days of the
internet, Mort Mather looked around for someone to help him publish his
work in this ne...
Come together - Lets grow!
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A TED talk well worth listening to! What a wonderful world it could be if
we all came together an made this REVOLUTION Pam Warhurst: How we can eat
our lan...
New Harvest Monday Host
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Dave of Our Happy Acres will be the new host. Dave has been a regular on
Harvest Monday since 2012. He grows a lot of interesting vegetables and
varietie...
Rolling into Fall
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Aloha,
We've had one sultry, hot, stormy summer this year. Usually in August, I
carefully water food bearing plants, and the lawn goes into survival. This...
Cara menghilangkan komedo
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*Cara menghilangkan komedo* adalah cara untuk merawat kulit secara alami
agar bisa bersih dan mulus. Khususnya kulit wajah. Banyak cara untuk
perawatan kul...
Rock gardens
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Four different rock gardens
Build a rock garden against a wall
Rock garden wall built standing alone
Flat rock garden
a full garden size rock gard...
Flyttar - Moving
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Var sak har sin tid - och tiden räcker inte riktigt till för denna blogg.
Stort tack för alla besök och alla fina kommentarer genom åren! Jag har en
ny hem...
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Meanwhile, Back at the Compost Pile
This blog is currently on HIATUS. Posts, links and comments are not being
updated. But you can check out the older posts...
peace out :: final blog post
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Is my cactus trying to tell me something?This will be the last UrbanVegan
post.
As you know from this recent post, I've become disenchanted with blogging ...
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Handcrafted ceramic yarn knitting bowl for holding your yarn while you
knit. I made this on my pottery wheel and then decorated it with a
beautiful medalli...
We've Moved!
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A reminder that Seven Oaks has moved! The blog (not our farm).
Our new home and website: Home Garden Joywww.homegardenjoy.com
See you there!
[image: post s...
Leaning Tower of Potatoes
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Okay, so when most people say (write, text, etc.) “potato tower,” they’re
referring to some variation on that time-honored tower-of-tires method, in
which ...
the Plant: a quiet genius
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New evidence that may show that plants can think and make decisions based
on future risk. Something we plant people have subconsciously known
innately :) ...
Database for Practical plants
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The Open Wiki-base for Practical Plants Practical Plants is a collaboratively
edited encyclopedia and database of information on plants cu...
Sure, winters are tough...
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but you can always go outside and pick some fresh bananas (if you live in
the tropics--or, in my case, the quasi-tropics).
Sping is here, but so to are the winds
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Cayenne Pepper and Tagastaste seedlings
Comfrey sprouting up
Snow peas needing to be tied up again, kale and cellary
Tomato bed
Fig "Sticks"
Supposed ...
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Discover the Music of the (Garden) Spheres
Remodeling, decorating, and more ∨
Consider a versatile murphy bed when looking for a guest bed frame, find
the ...
For future reference, see Awkward Hill
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I moved from Wandsworth, in south-west London, in November 2012, and I now
live in the Cotswolds. You can read about my garden there at
Tales from Awkward H...
End of Kiwi year Hell ...........
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Spare a Thought for McD people ...All this below and She's had to go to
interviews and Psychometric and personality tests and all that ....as well
as ......
Spring's come!
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I've not got much to show on the allotment yet, as many of the plants to go
out there are still in the greenhouse. Runner, and French beans, Mangetout
and...
All good things must come to and end
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And that includes my time on this blog. I started this blog back in 2008 (I
had another one before that) so family and friends that couldn't come see
wh...
Fertilizer Friday 4.26.13
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Happy Friday! I am joining Tootsie today for Fertilizer Friday. I will kick
things off with a splash of color..... I'm not sure what this is to be
honest w...
In Loving Memory...
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This garden would never ever have been possible without Jamey... This blog
will forever stay posted in honor of him.
In Loving Memory
James Preston Lawson...
It takes two to tango!
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You know that life is chugging back to its wonderful old leisurely pace
when things start happening the way they used to happen. Finally I have
been abl...
sculpture in the garden
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We're very happy to have this piece gracing our front mound-- a sculpture
on loan from Graton neighbor & friend, Cricket Seagull.
Orlando Flowers Part 2
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Even in what is late winter, Orlando, Florida, was filled with flowers and
colorful plants. While we were there, a cool front came through, but that
didn’t...
The Hunting of the Salad
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Getting my salad together for February was quite an ordeal after that
prolonged spell of heavy frost. Gone were most of the plants that so amply
provided m...
It's Been a While...My Blog Revisited
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Here I am, well over two years since my last blog post, wanting to have
another go at it. I totally enjoyed my brief stint at blogging, but just
stopped c...
Troy-Bilt Snow Thrower Giveaway
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In honor of Chicago's first real stick-to-the-ground snow of 2011 and in
general holiday merriment, I'm giving away a snow thrower courtesy of
Troy-Bilt. ...
Ruby Gold tomato sorbet: Sweet!
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by June The garden gives us not only food, but such pleasure. Until I
started gardening myself, I never realized how very hard it is to grow
food. Enthrall...
Quick tip on raising bed : Do-It-Yourself !
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Beautiful raising beds are available for sell in a huge number of places.
They come quite handy for those in a hurry; but they are very costly too !
Versa...
Hand In Hand With Mother Nature
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*A Corner Of The Barn *
Every moment spent in the company of my family is precious. For though I
write, once a month, about what is happening in my garden...
The War on Terra
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Ah, what a great headline what with the news about Osama bin Laden – wish I
could take credit for it! I must pass the credit on to the clever folks at
Kabl...
April Heatwave
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We're never satisfied really. A month ago I was moaning about how cold it
had been. Although average minimum temperatures are around 6°C in March,
they'd...
Pat’s Blooming Opuntia & More!
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First of all, I would like to thank Pat from Canada for sharing with us
photos of her blooming opuntia and some of her other plants. The colors of
the op...
Planted Cloud is Live!
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Allow me to introduce my new blogging home: Planted Cloud.
Though I had promised earlier to name my new blog, DC, Plants and Other
Stuff, I've decided to ...
Adieu...yesterday...
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Sunset;
The time has come to put this blog to rest. 258 posts since I started
"aeons" ago.
*Thank you to all who have visited over the years and left me ...
Ready for Summer?
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I know it has been so long, so I figured an update was way overdue! I've
missed it, sorry!!! ...Life has been so full and busy with the moving, I'm
not re...
Daring Cooks Challenge – Stacked Enchiladas
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*Our hosts this month, Barbara of **Barbara Bakes** and Bunnee of *
*Anna+Food** have chosen a delicious Stacked Green Chile & Grilled Chicken
Enchilada rec...
This blog has moved
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This blog is now located at http://fatfreeblogtemp34.blogspot.com/. You
will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For
feed sub...
I have A New address!
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*Terra farmer has moved to a new home:) The new*
*address is http://kanak7.wordpress.com/*
Would love to have all my blogger friends visit my new page...
Yellow thru the Year
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Greetings from the Sonoran Desert!
For Cactus Monday, Mellow Yellow Monday and Mosaic Monday.
Here are yellow things found at Sabino Canyon through the yea...
How to sow grass seeds, part I: preparing the soil
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Last weekend, for the first time ever, I had the pleasure working in my
yard, doing the back-breaking, thigh-throbbing, never-ending work of
preparing the ...
Medieval castles but not a knight in sight
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Counting castles...what we need now is a lively jousting event and fair
maidens. Valle d'Aosta is the land of *castelli* (castles), and spotting
them is ...
Egypt Sunflower
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After around two months from sowing the seeds, my sunflower plants started
to flower:
The photos above are of a sunfowr plant I had planted in a 40 cm (15"...
You have a blessed Easter yourself- lovely shot! Mine are only just poking out of the ground :)
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous! A sure sign that spring is here;-)
ReplyDeleteJan, thanks for drop by my blog. Love your Japanese Rose, they are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteNow, thats really beautiful!... Happy Easter! .. cheers! ~ bangchik
ReplyDeleteThanks Bangchik, have a blessed Easter!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Easter Lily! Happy Easter to you! Grace
ReplyDeleteGrace,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog, love your stepping stone and landscape design.
Thanks for the wishes.
ReplyDeleteJoyeuse Paques a vous aussi :)
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