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Things get squirrely
Lately, I’ve been wondering a lot about squirrels.
You know those busy bushy-tailed rodents, whether you have the gray kind, or the black or the red or some combination thereof. Hereabouts, they’re gray, they nest up in the trees (at least, I’ve been told those are squirrels’ nests up there, the big messy ones), they run up and down the trees and along fences and across porches and decks and tables.
Occasionally, if you have a bird feeder, they raid it. Continue reading
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Tagged animal life, bees, cayenne, cleanup, coneflower, fall, garden tasks, gardening websites, geranium, mulch, plants, squirrel
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October surprises (in the garden)
It’s been raining this week. Oh my, how it rained on Wednesday! And it’s here again today, Friday.
Two days ago, cars whipped past on the road outside my workroom window, throwing up sheets of spray in artistic arcs. The birds and the bunny went into hiding. Continue reading
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Tagged cardinal flower, cayenne, cleanup, coneflower, fall, garden tasks, hakonechloa, mulch, plants, rain
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Lazier gardening is in style at last!
Fall is arriving so early this year. Too early for me, now matter which standpoint I’m looking from: how much time and effort I’ve put into getting things to grow, only to see them keel over; or the timetable of advice on fall cleanup. Every time I go out to the garden, I find evidence of demise Continue reading
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Tagged bees, cleanup, coldframe, dahlia, dogwood, fall, garden tasks, hakonechloa, heuchera, mulch, peonies, pests and problems, plants, squirrel
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