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Are We There Yet?
Here in New England, you know you’re in winter all right, when the first deep frost hits and all the leaves and flowers that soldiered on through chilly days and tinges of frost finally surrender and fall to the ground. Done. But spring? Continue reading
Posted in Plants, Spring
Tagged apple, asparagus, cherry, climate, crocus, daffodil, dogs, early planting, frost, magnolia, peach, protest, scilla, snow, spring frost, sugarsnap peas
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Eleventh Hour
‘Tis the season, at last, for dealing with the last dead or dying scraps before wrapping up the garden for the winter. (Don’t worry: the blog will continue. And I’ll have more time for it!) Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged allium, aronia, black vulture, black-eyed Susans, Butterfly bush, carrots, chard, cilantro, coneflowers, COP26, Coreopsis, Cricket Hill Garden, fall, Festiva Maxima, foxglove, frost, garden quilt, garden tasks, garlic, George Orwell, Greenpeace, kale, Kousa dogwood, lettuce, loquat, lychee, mango, mangosteen, medlar, Montauk daisy, parsley, pawpaw, peonies, plants, Rebecca Solnit, reblooming iris, salt-marsh hay, shallots, United Nations, vultures
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Falling Behind
Every year before this one, fall has come like a kind of reprieve. All those tasks still undone turn moot. Weeds keel over and expire of their own accord. Way too late to plant more veggies; sigh of relief there. The rodent marauders have done pretty much all the visible damage they can manage, and I happily leave the overweening hosta to them. But not this year. Continue reading
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Tagged aronia, beans, climate change, elderberry, fall, frost, garden tasks, garlic, hakonechloa, landscaping fabric, lemongrass, lettuce, Michelle Obama, mulch, pandemic, peas, plants, sage, seed catalog, shallots, snow peas, weeds
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To Do Or Not To Do
In case you’re wondering why I call this blog “Inconstant Gardener,” let me give you an example. Continue reading
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Tagged basil, beans, carrots, catmint, cayenne, chard, Charlie Nardozzi's Newsletter, cleanup, compost bin, coneflower, crop coops, cucumbers, dogwood, frost, garden tasks, garlic, geranium, hail, heuchera, kale, lettuce, mulch, onions, parsnips, planning, plants, radishes, rain, raised beds, seeds, squash, summer, to-do lists, vegetables, weeds, woodchuck
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