Red Cedar
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Category: Garden
Why photograph the garden?
Right after a whole post on not giving advice…… here I am in the very next breath doing just that. But it’s garden advice, not personal – aimed at no one except those who wish to improve upon their gardening practice. I don’t know… Continue Reading “Why photograph the garden?”
A recipe for container soil (lemons and limes, oh my)
I recently purchased a Meyer Lemon and a Bearss Lime from a very special person on Vancouver Island – Bob Duncan. You can see Bob in the video above, where he discusses growing lemon trees in Canada – outdoors even! While I have seen… Continue Reading “A recipe for container soil (lemons and limes, oh my)”
Another productive Monday
To my door for vertical planting, I have added two windows, fished out from behind our garden bench where I stashed them ages ago after they were removed from our house. Purpose? A new pea trellis! And possibly a cucumber trellis after peas are… Continue Reading “Another productive Monday”
Signs of life
Things come alive in fits and starts once the days get longer. My evergreen clematis is making signs of flower for the first time. Garlic is the first edible to show itself, in time with other bulbing plants which foreshadow the true spring weather.… Continue Reading “Signs of life”
Adventures in vertical gardening
I can tell from my inclinations that it really is an early spring year, as my urgency to get outside and garden prep is much greater this year than at the same time in 2011. The ground never really did freeze this year, and… Continue Reading “Adventures in vertical gardening”
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