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seedlings

This year spared us the usual unpleasantness: no hard freezes, no long stretches of unholy temperatures, no weird weather swings....

I’m late, I’m late!

I need to speed up the garden planning if I don’t want the roses to leaf out before I get...

out of focus

out of focus

The weather is fickle, leaning on the side of bright and sunny right now. It rained hard yesterday, and the...

caring for indoor plants

Plants that grow in a pot on the window sill like pretty much the same things as the ones cultivated...

purple pods

If I knew how much I would enjoy purple beans, I would only have planted those to begin with. Besides...

how to create rose hybrids

The procedure for creating new roses is lengthy and the success rate is very low, but if you are a...

soil types

At the most basic level there are three types of soil: sand, loam and clay. Most soils are a combination...

persnickety roses

Roses have earned the dubious privilege of being considered sensitive and difficult to grow. This is not entirely true of...

stormy weather, sort of…

It is summer already, I think. Certainly feels like it most of the time, which is why the clematis didn’t...

spring schedule

After the annuals and veggies are planted, the flower beds cleaned and the perennials spruced up, the roses pruned, the...