Member since Monday, 12 May 08
we live on a farm and i have lots of room to plant flowers and vegetables i seem to like all plants shrubs, grasses bulbs, tubers and of course perennials,there r so many to chose from for sun and shade and i seem to like most of them
Organic Gardener
Years gardening: 12
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Zone 4b in this flower bed i have red peonys that were here when we bought our farm 30 years ago. There was not a bed here but i made one around the peonys that were just growing in the...
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Zone 4b we have an above ground pool that we put in about 18 years ago and built a deck around it, i wanted something that did not flower and attract bees during pool season so i starte...
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Zone 4b well not really a garden but blue spruce trees on the lawn, this is a winter shot it was snowing at the time and looked so pretty i couldnt resist
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Zone 4b this is the smallest garden i have it is a metal tub with some bricks in it and plastic garbage bag to help hold moisture, i have pots of black leaved ligularia that i raised fr...
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Zone 4b when we moved here 30 years ago the trees were here but not the grass and the laneway was not being used because there is a creek at the bottom and the bridge was out. we plante...
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Zone 4b i like to start plants from other plants i am interested in ground layering collecting seeds and learning different ways to start new plants from my existing ones.
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Zone 4b at the front of the house i just planted an ivory prince helleborus i also have a bears foot helleborus but the winter was very hard on it i will have to protect it this winter....
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in this garden i have planted a double decker cone flower by the steps off the deck and some poppy (opium ) under the kitchen window there is a purple ninebark shrub planted , a...
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Zone 4b the shady side of my house is planted to hosta'a , bleeding heart japaneese painted fern, a dogwood shrub a purple ninebark shrub and a yew shrub, i also have a giant goats bear...
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here i started with a purple smoke tree which is cut each spring back to 8-10 inches from the ground so it does not get overly tall because it is at the front middle of the bed....
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Zone 4b my son built a arbor about 7 years ago out of cedar trees from our bush, i planted grapes on either side of it i have the purple grape and a green variety no idea which varietie...
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I have the following seeds and plants currently available for swap. Check out my Wish List
for plants that I am currently looking for.
Where am I?
mildmay, Canada 4b
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I love to grow
coral bells, poppies, coneflowers, just about anything u name it
Hobbies
crocheting, reading, walking
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