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Grow Write Guild #3: A change that does me good

The Grow Write Guild’s third assignment is to describe the garden at present; stop, observe, and enjoy. My garden is presently divided into rooms. Some are fairly well-kept, some are being refurbished,...

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Experiments in the search for peaceful coexistence

In which I begin to coax certain visitors that better options lie elsewhere. Continue reading →

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The way of all projects?

In which I make excuses for not having yet completed the rain garden. Continue reading →

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Rain garden completed!

Huzzah! I finished a project. Continue reading →

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Post-Andrea: Rain garden resilience

Garden update: Bring your own snorkel. Tropical Storm Andrea blew through last Friday, dumping just over 5 inches of rain on us. The typical June rainfall for our area is 3.4 inches. It rained...

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Garden log, 7.2.13

Guess what? More rain today. According to Weather.com, we’ve had 10 inches of rain in the past 7 days. Even the rubber duck in our pond has had enough. And our mosquitoes have grown to the size of...

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Project update: The rain garden, one year later

Last spring, I built a large rain garden to handle runoff from my roof. Here are a few photos of it, one year later.

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Aquilegia to Zizia

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Garden log, 7.25.15

Today’s temperature was only in the high 80s, so I felt brave enough to venture outside and tend long-deferred tasks. Weeded grassy area off the deck; I’m impressed with the resilience of Eco-Grass, a...

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