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My New Shed Garden – Spring Edition

Finally we have our new shed. It was installed last Fall. Now that the better weather is here it is time to plant my garden around it. My plan is to have beautiful perennials for the birds, butterflies. hummingbirds and bees. It does look like a hot mess right now, but if I haven’t learned anything in gardening, it’s patience….…

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Clematis – What are the Three groups?

I love Clematis. There is nothing like these gorgeous flowers draping up a trellis or over an archway. They are basically care free, but come in three pruning types.…

Cocktail Garden

I was browsing around on Michael’s Inspired by Charm blog, and saw this great post on a cocktail garden. What a great idea! Loads of cocktails are made with…

Winter Gardening Blues?

I don’t know about you, but as an avid outside gardener, by January-February I get the Winter blues. I look out at the baron gardens all covered with snow…

When to Divide Perennials?

Everyone who gardens knows that perennials reach a point where they must be divided. Either they have outgrown the space they were put in, or just for their own…

Mom’s Easter Cactus

This May 7th it will be one year since Mom passed away. She had a great life and lived to 94. She loved her house plants. One of her…