27
May
Posted by Dawn in General, Green Thumb Sunday, Perennials, Vegetables. 4 Comments
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I missed last week so I took more pictures this week to make up for it!
I have a lot of columbine all over my yard this year. The wind must have blown in the right direction from my neighbor’s yard.
I get to enjoy a lot of plants from my neighbor. She is very generous in [...]
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13
May
Posted by Dawn in General, Green Thumb Sunday. 9 Comments
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It’s a Bleeding Heart day!
This is my white Bleeding heart and the Dutchman’s Breeches from the shade garden in my front yard.
This bleeding heart is located in my back yard and the last 3 years it has gone crazy! It self seeds and I have bleeding hearts popping up all over!
This week I was able to [...]
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30
Apr
Posted by Dawn in General. 1 Comment
That is the question. At least mine to you.
My mom lives with me and she loves the flowers as much as I do. The difference is she likes to cut them to admire them inside the house, while I prefer to admire them in the natural setting. In fact, I cringe a little bit, when [...]
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29
Apr
Posted by Dawn in Garden Planning, General, Green Thumb Sunday, Uncategorized. 6 Comments
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Everything is beginning to green up and start blooming. Along with the grape hyacinths and daffodils, The hyacinths, periwinkle and Dutchman’s breeches are blooming. Next in line to bloom looks like the creeping phlox, bleeding hearts and soon the [...]
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22
Apr
Posted by Dawn in Garden Tips, General. 4 Comments
As a gardener, I feel a special kinship with the earth. There is nothing like feeling the warm dirt in your hands or seeing the first robin in the spring. Because of the respect I have, I try to garden in a way that is good for the environment.
Some of the things I do-
I compost. [...]
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16
Apr
Posted by Dawn in General, Weather. Leave a Comment
Well, the Nor’easter came through last night and today and we made out pretty well. A lot of rain but very little snow, at least in my neighborhood. Some of my co-workers said they received a a couple inches at their homes. Any snow that was on the ground when I left my house this [...]
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15
Apr
Posted by Dawn in General, Weather. Leave a Comment
Sometimes I think I am a little weird. I get in the gardening mood around November- December. Not a time you usually want to be outside playing in Northeast PA. This past winter didn’t help because we had beautiful, unseasonably warm weather into January. And now we are paying for it. Usually in April, you [...]
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