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Sunday, May 17, 2015. You have seen the photos of the horses eating, the chickens pecking, the grass growing, and my jokes about shopping when he is gone. I do wish I had more to share on the garden other than my continual Weed Rant. The tile installer worked most of the day yesterday installing the back spla.

Upstate NY Gardens and Gardeners. A Gardening Vacation in Ithaca. Pests, Plagues, and Varmints. Making Pesto and Cooking with Pesto. New House, New Gardens.

Muhly Grass Now In Session. Short bloom time does not diminish the late blooming nakedness, sans leaves, of. Very surprising is this reblooming daylily,. It first opened on May 27th and for some reason decided to give it another go now. Okay, you do you, Buddy.

Things I find worthy of note. Saturday, August 15, 2015. This cat is out all day, could care less about people until you need to do work and then you get a big load of this. Saturday, August 15, 2015. I visited my friend Annie and as I was leaving from an afternoon glass of wine, I stopped to see this lone sunflower. It was growing out of the tiny space between her sidewalk and home. Strong and stout, this flower had no doubt it was going to survive. Saturday, August 15, 2015.

Hilfe - wir brauchten Hilfe. Das alte Hochbeet wurde abgerissen, vor dem Haus stand ein Container, da wir die Erde im Garten nicht zur Gänze unterbringen . Sind das nicht geckige Gockel? Wer hätte das gedacht? Sie ist auch wieder da.

Monday, August 15, 2011. None of my tomatoes have been affected badly so far this year by blight, with the exception of the bush tomatoes. Here one of the bush tomatoes, on our fifth floor patio, i.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015. And draws attention to focal points. In the midst of a sea of pale blue. Provide contrast by varying color. Too much of a good thing is not necessarily better. This riot of color and form is a bit chaotic,. Every element vying for attention. Swathes of calming blues and greens of. Virginia Bluebells, Brunnera and ferns.

Gardening leaves me weak at the knees! Thursday, August 25, 2011. What looks like rambutan but sweeter than. And some people do confused it if they are not familiar with our local fruits. They come from the same family Sapindaceae. Is called Nephelium Lappaceum, the pulasan is called Nephelium Mutabile or the Hairless. Comes from the Malay word. Is much sweeter and juicier.