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Winter Rose Care & Pruning - Although major rose pruning is not done until late February into early March, there are a few things I do to get roses settled in for the winter. First,...
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Christmastime blooms - Mild, blue-sky December days are a Texan's reward for enduring summer. Here are the flowering plants I'm enjoying right now.… Read More The post Christma...17 hours ago
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Let there be wreaths! - [image: Front door Christmas wreath] I do love a foliage wreath on our front door, and as a result I've accumulated an enormous stash of decorative bits ...
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Enjoying the end of year and what's on the 2025 horizon - Hello! I've come here today to wish you happiness over the Christmas season. Whatever you're doing, I hope you enjoy yourself, take time to review the y...
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Brand spanking new! - Thanks for your support of this blog over the years… Very soon we’ll be moving over to a brand spanking new website…. Not there yet but it’s imminent!!
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Clay and Limestone's 2024 Wildlife Challenge Posts in Review - As gardeners, I believe that we have a key role in improving the health of our communities, especially when we practice environmentally conscious gardeni...
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The Cindervale Pearl: A Book - 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...1 month ago
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Propagating A Dwarf Hydrangea - 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...
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Sweet tooth - 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...4 months ago
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The Start of the Season - 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...
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My Garden Today - 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 ...8 months ago
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Love Affair with a Grasshopper - 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...9 months ago
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Plastic in my Front Garden - 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...1 year ago
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Review đánh giá chi tiết phễu thoát sàn TOTO TVBA407 - Nhằm chống mùi hôi bốc lên và ngăn những dòng con vật, các loại rác thải sinh hoạt không rơi xuống cống gây tắc tắt nghẽn ống dẫn, cho tới giờ người ta đ...1 year ago
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Care of Young Nursery Plants - 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...1 year ago
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The New Year - 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...1 year ago
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Compost Pile Maintenance Tips - 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...2 years ago
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High Summer - 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...2 years ago
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My last post - 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 ...
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Pre-Order My Newest Book! - 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 ...3 years ago
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Trollt Euch! und Link zum aktuellen Blog - *Freya-Tag, 21. Mai 2021* *Tagebuch – Gedanken* *"Normale Aufruf-Zahlen" meiner Posts HIER zwischen zehn und fünfzig, sind mir gut geläufig. Steigt das...3 years ago
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Edible Honeysuckle - When we think of honeysuckle, we tend to think about richly colored, fragrant flowers on beautiful vines like 'Scentsation' (*Lonicera periclymenum*), whic...
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Garden Memories From Last Fall - I realized that if I don't post anything right now, I hurt this blog's feelings... Four months with no posts... it's bad! So, let me post some garden pictu...
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The recovery - This loquat didn't make it, they do not like wet feet! Suriname Cherry re sprouting after being underwater for several days. Dunks tree aka Indian jube jub...
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Prize Truffle - Saturday evenings annual gala dinner, organised by the Les Eyzies hunt, inevitably offers rich pickings when it comes to the end of evening (actually ea...
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Bulbs in Crates - With a break from our chilly February temps this past weekend, I made it my mission to finish planting the last stash of bulbs, which have been taunting ...
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY NEW YEAR - Just to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and hoping 2020 is kind to you all. This photo was taken in 2009 of a lovely old oak tree on one of my walks. ...
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A classic conservatory - Pittsburgh's Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a seamless, almost flawless operation. Everything that one would expect to see at this time ...
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Dutch garden and landscape travels - Well here we are. Another slightly lonely night in the camper van. I'm trundling around The Netherlands researching a possible book on contemporary Dutc...
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Terrain at Styers - On ne présente plus la jardinerie Terrain dont le concept m'a toujours enchantée : un mix parfait entre jardinerie et salle de réception. I don't...
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Traveling Over Some Old Dirt Roads - Cabo Rojo is a town on the South West corner of Puerto Rico which has several beautiful beaches. One is El Combate and the other is called Boquerón. Ca...5 years ago
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Anthurium no. 1733 "Jayyvon Monroe" - Jayyvon isn't doing anything bizarre that needs explanation like 1332 Alexis Gabrielle Sherrington or 1715 Tyler Linoleum; I'm giving him a post anyway bec...
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Alle desse dagar... - November kom og gjekk. Dagane er korte i november, ein må ta vare på dei solstrålene ein får. Låg vintersol inn i stova. Inne blømer novemberkakt...
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Solo Travelling in Iceland - The Northern Lights/ Aurora Boreallis were on my bucket list for a while and I decided this was my year to tick them off, especially since Icelander Iceland...
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October in the garden - [image: The Urban Gardener | Dendrobium Orchid] Come October and a gardener's mind turns to things colourful and bountiful. My garden is flourishing in a g...
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Hot Stuff! - I've been picking chillis nearly every day now. Wait until they are fully red and then harvest them. This will enable unripe chillis on the plant to d...
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The sun rises first on the Buffalo's East Side gardens! - Gardeners of Buffalo's East Side banded together to create the first-ever garden tour on Saturday, July 21, 2018. And it was great. Mary Vanvorst, a Gard...
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April 2018 Garden Scrapbook - April 2018 Garden Scrapbook April Fool! Here’s what is left of that viola bowl. The is the first time two blooms were open at the same time on these pa...
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The Gulf Between (Us) - Peanut has bid this world adieu Ode on the death of a favorite cat Thomas Gray Twas on a lofty vase’s side, Where China’s gayest art had dyed The az...
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Muhly Grass Now In Session - Now that October has rolled steadfastly into our consciousness, it is time for the Fairegarden to bid adieu to the flowers of 2017. It’s been a good year o...7 years ago
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Luxury apartments at the Lake near Warsaw, capital of Poland - Crisp Morning…. you wake up and hear the gentle whoosh of the lake and birds singing….. The silence is broken only by the sound of sailing boats crossing t...
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TALL BEARDED IRIS IRWELL JAZZ TIME - More of 'The Late Show' I have 4-5 plants of Irwell Jazz Time and they have bloomed non stop for the last 4 weeks, and I must of taken 30 or 40 photos o...
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They Say It's Winter - I'm certain all my Florida gardening friends remember that awful winter of 2010 when we experienced an out-of-the-ordinary winter. If you don't remember, ...
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Interesting vegetables to grow this season - Mother Earth Living is one of my favorite clean living magazines. In the winter edition on newsstands now, you’ll see my article that features a “like...
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Geitrams bukett - Hei der, straks desember....Straks jul ! Her er det pyntet med geitrams i redesign vase som opprinnelig var en gammel mc jakke....
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Sådan vælger du den rigtige halskæde til ethvert outfit - Statement halskæder er stadig på trend, og har været i lang tid. Det er givet, at de ikke er ved at forsvinde ind i mode historie enhver tid snart. Dette e...8 years ago
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To our American Neighbours--Happy Independence Day! - Yes, I know our neighbours to the south spell neighbours as 'neighbors'. That's not the point... Wherever you are today, whether travelling or at home,...
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Re-entry - I was sweating, on the verge of a panic attack when I pulled up. My car AC on full blast I wondered if I was making a big mistake. And then I saw thos...
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Peter & Juan - Holy Matrimony in Melbourne - It was cold in Melbourne, but that didn't dampen anyone's spirit =) What happens when you leave the boys alone for t...
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A Look at the Moonlight Garden - It takes a long time to establish a garden. I have been working on mine in SJC for about nine years and although they have looked lovely on and off, the...
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KISS MY PEANUT BUTTER TITTIES - Don’t forget the milk with them titties Give it up for KISS MY PEANUT BUTTER TITTIES. They are stupidly simple to make, show imagination and a touch of hu...8 years ago
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Daffodil 'February Gold' - 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...
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New Book of Short Stories from Mort Mather - *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 ...
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Cara menghilangkan komedo - *Cara menghilangkan komedo* adalah cara untuk merawat kulit secara alami agar bisa bersih dan mulus. Khususnya kulit wajah. Banyak cara untuk perawatan kul...9 years ago
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Harvest Monday, 24 August 2015 - Though my peaches have all been picked, fruit still takes the starring role this week. My first melons were picked. Usually I get an intense two weeks of...
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Feeble efforts - Done next to nothing at the plot. But still got fabulous corn. Just shows: two hours a week (or less) can work miracles.9 years ago
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From the clipping file: Drought-tolerant fresh-air living rooms - The following images appeared in a garden bonus section of the July 2009 issue of Sunset magazine. What inspires me about the image above: bougainvillea...
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Upcoming Event, Jeff Peterson in Makawao - Makawao is in for a treat! The talented Jeff Peterson, recognized as one of Hawaii's most versatile musicians, will gift our Makawao community with an info...
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Making Mountains Out Of Moles - So...your lawn is looking amazing. The grass has just been manicured...it looks like an immaculate green carpet out there. You couldn't be more proud of t...
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Vitt - *Stora vita flingor seglar långsamt ner* *tröstar, lindrar med sitt mjuka täcke* *Förnimmer ett lugn som stannar kvar* *minns dagar som en gång var* ...
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peace out :: final blog post - 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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We've Moved! - 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...10 years ago
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Leaning Tower of Potatoes - 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 ...10 years ago
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the Plant: a quiet genius - New evidence that may show that plants can think and make decisions based on future risk. Something we plant people have subconsciously known innately :) ...10 years ago
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Database for Practical plants - [image: Logo.png] The Open Wiki-base for Practical Plants Practical Plants is a collaboratively edited encyclopedia and database of information on plants cu...10 years ago
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Sure, winters are tough... - but you can always go outside and pick some fresh bananas (if you live in the tropics--or, in my case, the quasi-tropics).
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Sping is here, but so to are the winds - 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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For future reference, see Awkward Hill - 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...11 years ago
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End of Kiwi year Hell ........... - 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 ......11 years ago
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Hellloooo - It has been ages, simply ages - but better late than never for a quick update. I've been busy teaching and studying, so there's been little time to garden,...
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Spring's come! - 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...
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All good things must come to and end - 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...11 years ago
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Fertilizer Friday 4.26.13 - 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...
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In Loving Memory... - 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...11 years ago
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Progress - Entryway mosaic--Day 6 Tomorrow grout yellow wave. Saturday make wave #4. Everything aches. [image: Posted by Picasa]
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It takes two to tango! - 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...
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sculpture in the garden - We're very happy to have this piece gracing our front mound-- a sculpture on loan from Graton neighbor & friend, Cricket Seagull.
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Small-Scale Agriculture in Russia - “According to official statistics, in 1999 more than 35 million families (105 million people, or *71% of country’s population*) owned a dacha or a subsidia...
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Addicted to Growing Roses - I don't know what has come over me ... I'm totally addicted to the rose section during garden center visits! It started a few years back with my curiosity...
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Brush Cherry; Drought Tolerant Screen Plant Profile - Brush Cherry, or Carolina Laurel is a pretty, dependable garden shrub that grows quickly into screens or hedges. These shrubs can grow up to 30 feet tall ...12 years ago
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Orlando Flowers Part 2 - 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...12 years ago
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The Hunting of the Salad - 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...
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Fat-Tuesday / Fettisdagen = Semla - This post Fat-Tuesday was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden Finally it is here! The day I'm been long...
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It's Been a While...My Blog Revisited - 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...12 years ago
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Wondering What To Do with Swiss Chard? Favorite Recipes and Ways to Use My Favorite Garden Vegetable - *Swiss Chard & Artichoke White Pizza (recipe here)* *Realization of the Day:* It's time to start putting those seed orders together! My *Pinetree Garden S...
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Ruby Gold tomato sorbet: Sweet! - 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...
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Sky watching -スカイウォッチング - 集めた空の写真中の一部です。 自分でもよく空の写真を撮りますが、撮るときにいつも思うのですが、せっかく素晴らしいアングルでも電線が入ってしまうと言うことです。多分どなたも経験があるんじゃないかな。一度「似ているではなくて、完全な日本列島の形をした雲を見たことあります。雲にはなにか不思議な力が働いているよ...
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Quick tip on raising bed : Do-It-Yourself ! - 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...
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Hand In Hand With Mother Nature - *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...
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The War on Terra - 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...13 years ago
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April Heatwave - 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...
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Pat’s Blooming Opuntia & More! - 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...13 years ago
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Gemini to Taurus - Making the rounds today is a story that says the signs of the zodiac are incorrect and there has been a shift. What? How can they do this? Suddenly, I ...
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Indian tea tastes different due to climate change - Indian tea tastes different due to climate change13 years ago
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Planted Cloud is Live! - 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 ...14 years ago
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Adieu...yesterday... - 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 ...
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Ready for Summer? - 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...
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Daring Cooks Challenge – Stacked Enchiladas - *Our hosts this month, Barbara of **Barbara Bakes** and Bunnee of * *Anna+Food** have chosen a delicious Stacked Green Chile & Grilled Chicken Enchilada rec...
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This blog has moved - 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...14 years ago
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I have A New address! - *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...15 years ago
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Yellow thru the Year - 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...
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How to sow grass seeds, part I: preparing the soil - 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 ...
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Hi-Yo, Silver, away! - Slowly, but surely, Miss Maddie the alpine westie is gaining back her strength and stamina on these brief walks that we take around the mountainside. The...
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Egypt Sunflower - 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"...
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ReplyDeleteMerry Xmas to you!! :)
Busy lately, glad you stop by. Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteVuejardin, blessed Christmas to you and your family as well. It is nice to hear from you. I hope the winter is not too cold for you. Enjoy cooking and decorating your beautiful home and garden ok.
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