It’s a wintry mix kind of day. It’s cold, damp, rainy, and icy – all at the same time – the perfect mix of miserable if you have to be outside. Fortunately, I have the luxury of working from home today. I don’t have to deal with the elements, other than taking a few photos and enjoying the beauty of…
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echinacea garden
The Echinacea garden is coming along. It’s been a long process. The area is at the very back of my yard and was totally covered with honeysuckle trees that I cut down during the summer. Slowly, I’ve been filling it in with new plants. Even though they are written down somewhere, I can’t tell you the names of all these…
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this week’s bouquet
As the garden winds down, every week I think this will be my last bouquet. We haven’t had a frost yet, and the trees are still unseasonably green, but the temps have turned noticeably colder, which seems to have intensified the color in these flowers. In truth, this bouquet looks more like spring than fall. The roses look lovelier now…
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this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet is made from a few cuttings of this and that. It started when I was dead heading and cutting back these zinnias that were laying on the ground. Next, I added a few coleus growing from a pot on the deck . . . . . . and a few lantana. An afterthought addition was a few…
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holding tight to summer
I did some dead heading in the zinnia garden last evening. It is hard to watch the precious blooms losing color and going to seed. They are looking tired and worn, falling over from wind and rain. The leaves have lost some color, looking very faded, and covered with a powdery mildew. Although smaller, they are still loaded with new…
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