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Summer's Simple Pleasures
~ A June evening: flowers, fading light, hand shovels, mosquitoes, grandsons and daughter-in-law ~ In praise of perennials, SO worth the extra money up front. This purple and yellow plant was a 2008 M… -
Simple Pleasures in September
Photograph taken through the window above my sink I've been doing the dishes by hand lately. It gives me an opportunity to breathe, enjoy the view, (thank God for my neighbor Shelly and her green thumb) unravel… -
Raspberries!
What I know: picking raspberries with my husband, popping a few choice morsels in my mouth, competing for the bigger take, talking as the light fades, is my idea of a romantic evening. What I've learned: ra… -
Five Species in a Bucket
Previous species: 1. Clematis 2. Garlic 3. Delphinium 4. Daylily 5. Dianthus 6. Daisy My daughter-in-law did it again. This time she filled the wooden bucket from a broken ice cream maker with an arrangement of … -
100 Species - "D" Plants
1. Clematis 2. Garlic 3. Delphinium Hey, howdy! I didn't know that larkspur is the common name for delphinium! The flower has five petals which grow together to form a hollow flower with a spur at the end. My … -
100 Species - Around the Yard
1. Clematis This year my husband bought a trellis for our clematis (previously it grew up a post). The most encouraging thing I read about clematis: "It should be noted that incorrect pruning will never bring an … -
100 Species Challenge
Quote from Homeschooling the Doctorate: Someone I was recently reading (I cannot remember who--Berry? Wirzba?) lamented the decline of local knowledge among modern westerners. "Most people," whoever-it-was said, "can…
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