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This Year’s Disappointments (so far)

It is late enough in the spring that I feel comfortable declaring some disappointments. New plants that didn’t make it: Dicentra Spectrabilis ‘gold heart.’ Twice.  I had a bad plant sent to me, called for a replacement, which I received but was … Continue reading

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Some garden photos

The recent thaw and rains have encouraged me to rummage through my photos and see what I have that is good and what I can learn from the photos for next year. Photographs allow you to see what is wrong with … Continue reading

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Plants I love (with apologies to Horticulture magazine)

We’ve all received glossy catalogs in the mail telling us the wonders of pest-free, disease-free plants that thrive in all conditions and at all moisture levels.  I love these and always want to believe the descriptions.  In reality there are … Continue reading

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