USDA Zone 5b
Journals (139)
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Five plants blooming – black violas in the Shade bed, purple primrose in East 2, the small pink chrysanthemum battered but unbowed and a sad tiny scabious bloom in Centre, and a fresh burst of Autumn crocus in Drive.This entry is about Rainymountain's Frontyard garden.
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Looking gloomily out of the window thinking, “Dead, dead, sad browns everywhere….green here, green there.” In fact now the blooms are all finished – the Autumn crocus are temporarily (?) strewn like delicate Georgian ladies who have fainted onto the cold earth, all filmy c...
This entry is about Rainymountain's Frontyard garden.
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I always enjoy those books full of luscious pictures of gardens in Winter, a light gloss of frost or a thin blanket of snow which, of course, lasts a day or two and then briskly melts under more sunny skies. Last night we got about 4" of snow, I thought that it wouldn’t last as it was ...
This entry is about Rainymountain's Frontyard garden.
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covered roses with mulched leavesThis entry is about Principal's rose garden.
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Almost the middle of November...
Rain, rain and heavy rain yesterday and the day before, and snow almost down to the township this morning, the trees all heavily covered. By mid-day it was 9C and the snow line had retreated way back up the mountain. It is like the tide coming in, forward and back, further forward and back again....
This entry is about Rainymountain's Frontyard garden.
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Yesterday I finally managed to get out to the garden to tuck in some of the garden beds. On the one hand, I feel a bit bad at having gotten this done so late in the season, on the other hand, in the last two weeks I have: finished writing an manuscript review for a journal, written about 20 grad...This entry is about Matangie's Little Garden on the Prairie garden.
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cut top off the roses so won’t be affected by wind
This entry is about Principal's rose garden.
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pulled out the geraniums
This entry is about Principal's sunroom garden.
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And I thought there was nothing happening in the garden...
Later last Thursday we got snow but it didn’t lie. Since then it has been rain, rain, rain although the snow line is now only about 100 metres above the valley bottom. The Autumn crocus have been great this year, so interesting to see these leafless, delicate flowers withstanding the weathe...
This entry is about Rainymountain's Frontyard garden.
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These look like elderberries, and they smell kind of sweet. Unfortunately, something devoured all the leaves, so this is all that remains. I’m going to try to grow them from the berries. Anyone verify they’re elderberries/give me some advice on growing from berries? I crushed a few...
This question is about Idyllhands's House Plants garden.
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