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You're invited regularly visit my site to see our changing garden. Every time I take a walk through our families' garden, even if it is the second or third time on the same day, I notice something different. It might be a happy accident of nature or a newly blooming flower, a beautiful combination, a great fragrance. Walking through the garden and stopping to look is always an adventure full of surprises.
Visitors find it hard to believe we don't use chemical fertilizers, or pesticides. I do add compost to most gardens yearly, as nature intended.
December 15, 2010
Winter Comes Early
After a long mild fall, winter stormed in early. The first snow frosted everything from tomates to roses. It is a beautiful time to walk around the garden and see what the collision of summer's produce and winter's cold produced.
October 1, 2010
Much to be Thankful for!
Early fall is normally a beautiful time in the garden-a time when the roses rebound, the dahlias bloom, and everything glows from cool nights and plentiful rains. Not this year! After the longest drought and hottest summer of our thirty-two years gardening in the same spot, the garden did not rebound. Taking a few friends on a walk about the garden I found myself pointing to barely alive shrubs, a tree whose roots had been chewed by voles, a tunnel created by chipmunks, replete with a nest of leaves and storeroom of seeds. I realized I sounded like I was leading a death march through the garden. I stopped in my tracks and looked again. Crape myrtles were still blooming. There longest bloom ever. The drought had brought many more acorns. The holly was bursting with berries. The dahlias had stretched to over seven-feet tall. My hanging baskets and containers were fuller than ever having thrived in the heat. Butterflies were much more numerous. The pumpkin people add a bit of humor to the garden. There was much to be grateful for.
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