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Random musings on spring in the garden (and elsewhere)
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt”. Margaret Atwood Spring has sprung! While the phrase “spring has sprung” is just a play on words, there is no doubt in my mind that there … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Gardening, Mental health, Spring
Tagged Spring has arrived, Winter Blues
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What’s happening in the garden (early May edition)
Spring has finally arrived in my slice of suburbia. Officially, it has been spring for a month and a half, but it sure hasn’t felt like spring in all that time. As soon as the spring equinox arrived, the jet … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Spring, This week in the garden
Tagged spring/summer blooms
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Planning for autumn color (part 3): foliage
In the fall of 2019 I was going to write a post about the importance of selecting trees and shrubs for autumn foliage. The point of the post I was going to write was that in spite of what you … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Gardening
Tagged autumn color, autumn foliage
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