From commentor Japa21: I don’t have much that comes up this early in the NW suburbs of Chicago. I have never had much luck with bulbs but will have a lot later on with our pots and other plants. But this year, possibly due to the warmth and moisture, our lilacs are specially beautiful. I …
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Easter Sunday Morning Open Thread
(Vinny & Patsy, thank you commentor Ruth) … And, now that we’ve all had a quick larf, some more garden shots from dedicated commentor Raven: *********** Here north of Boston, the earliest of our daffodils got blasted by late March storms, but the white narcissi are starting to bloom. The Siberian iris leaves are greening …
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Athenian Spring
Dedicated commentor and all-around great guy, Raven: Here’s a few shots I took last evening. The boss is particularly please with her Spanish Bluebells. The Cowboy is a screen door grate we bought in New Orleans years ago, when the deck came down we had to find another place for it so it’s on a …
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Springtime in the Ozarks
The indefatigable and gifted Ozark Hillbilly, making those of us still in winter-blasted climes jealous: These are the signs of an early Ozark spring: Pic #1: Early maple seeds Pic #2: an early Dogwood blossom. Pic #3: Forsythia blossoms on the ground.
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Hurry Up, Spring!
Faithful gardening commentor Marvel: Deep Spring? Okay. I kid. Most days, it ain’t any kind of Spring out there. I’m grateful that our Winters are mild, here in the Pacific Northwest…but DANG, they do seem to last a long time. This year especially. Lately our weeks of showery days have been punctuated with the odd …
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Sunday Garden Chat: Praties and Poppies
Double header this week, because our Garden Correspondents are the best, and some of them live on the left coast where the weather has moved beyond snow/slush season. At the top, from commentor Marvel: We had another sunny day today so we fussed over an otherwise-uncultivated area out back in preparation for the annual ceremonial/sacrificial …
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Visions of Summer Ripeness
. From gifted photographer & loyal garden commentor Ozark Hillbilly: Got my seeds almost a month ago. Had to build a new germination/growing stand and it took a week to get it together. Planted my tomaters, egg plants, and peppers to start with. Of the maters I have grown Green Zebra, Orange Icicle, Arkansas Traveler, …
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