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Did my plant make it through the winter?
Spring: when a gardener wonders which of last year’s new plants made it through the winter. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote down a list of things I had planted last year but hadn’t seen make an...
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Branches Bench in the Secret Garden
This bench has found a home in the Secret Garden I have long wished to add some seating to the Secret Garden, but not any old bench would do. It had to be durable and it had to fit in with the whole...
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New Gardens for Cold Climate Gardening
We. Are. MOVING!!! After 21 years, 9 months, 11 days* in the same location, Purdyville is relocating twenty minutes further out to the middle of nowhere. We are just about doubling our floor space,...
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Spring Snowflake, Leucojum vernum
This is my first year growing the elusive but hardy spring snowflake. I have taken contributor Brian Bixley’s admonishment to heart and I’m trying to get more early blooming plants in my garden. The...
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You Need February Daphne In Your Early Spring Garden
February daphne (Daphne mezereum) is blooming now for me–before the forsythia, before any rhodos, before my spicebush. My February daphne is still a baby, given to me by Deborah Banks when I visited...
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Amaryllis And Orchids For Garden Bloggers Bloom Day December 2014
Thirty-seven days after I planted it, the ‘White Nymph’ amaryllis from Longfield Gardens is blooming.‘White Nymph’ is blooming; ‘Sweet Nymph’ is preparing for a big show! I was surprised to see how...
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A Dream Come True: My New Weather Station
Ever since I realized that the National Weather Service at our local airport under-reported both the lows and the highs at our first house, ever since I discovered we were a lot more likely to have...
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New Daffodils: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day May 2016
I have lots of spring flowers blooming in my garden, but I’ve posted pictures of most of them in previous years. However, I have many daffodils that are new this year or at least blooming for the first...
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New Plants for the Secret Garden: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2017
The Secret Garden has many plants native to our area, but it doesn’t have some spring ephemerals that grew at our old house, and it’s even lacking some that grow in a wild area further down the street...
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My New Fave Winter Bloomer
The purpose of houseplants (in winter) is to ameliorate the effects of cabin fever. The best houseplants for this purpose grow fast enough that you can see changes from day to day, and they also...
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