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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Tropical Summer, Temperate Fall
A gift from commentor Math Guy: I enjoyed the orchids post and it reminded me of the display we saw when we visited the Atlanta Botanical Gardens a few years ago. ====== And a less lovely but possibly useful one, from the Washington Post — “How to Save This Year’s Seeds for Next Year’s …
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Happy Birthday Momo! + Garden Update
According to her paperwork, it’s Momo’s birthday! Twelve months, the big one-nothing! So let’s all wish a happy birthday to this squeaky little cuddle monster, vicious huntress of moths, and all-around great addition to the household! 🥳🎉🎊 She and Samwise are mostly getting along now, after eight months. We got two Feliway Multicat diffusers, which …
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Taking Notes On A Garden’s Progress
From ace commentor and postcard-writer Mousebumples: Garden pics that I took planning to send, but never followed through, lol. A handful of daylilies… a strawberry bush (the rabbits ate most the berries this year – I’ll have to plant some nearby marigolds or something next year)…
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Exotic Orchids
Sometimes orchids are so lush, I feel like I should add a NSFW warning. But, then again, it’s Sunday! From ace botanical photographer Ema: From this spring’s NYBG Orchid Show by Lily Kwong.
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Hugelkultur, Year Four
Master gardener and beloved commentor Satby, with an update: I thought it might be fun to look at how my hugelkultur flower bed project looks in year 4, and talk about the successes and failures. Reminder, here’s how it started in 2019; and my bed is pretty half-assed for a hugelkultur because I didn’t …
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: ROSES
From skilled photographer and gardener-by-proxy, Ema: The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the NYBG has ~ 4,000 roses, heirloom varieties loved by French Empress Josephine, roses blooming in early December. It was designed in 1916 by Beatrix Farrand and completed in 1988 with help from David Rockefeller, in honor of his wife, Peggy, who loved …