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GARDEN BLOGS: Spring, Spring, Where Are You? Garden Bloggers Bloom Day A...
This slow, cold, cloudy spring is sorely trying my patience. It’s taking forever for anything to bloom. But then, looking over past GBBD posts, it’s really not that far behind other springs. It’s just that...
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GARDEN BLOGS: First blooms of the year: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day 2011
Above is the view from my bathroom window, only reversed, as I took this picture outside and the window is out of sight at the back of the image. Even though it is the north...
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GARDEN BLOGS: Crocuses: A Book Review
Late last week I received a review copy of Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus by Janis Ruksans. This is the kind of gardening book that makes my garden-geeky heart beat faster. It focuses...
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GARDEN BLOGS: Snowdrops, Winter Aconites, Crocus: Garden Bloggers Bloom ...
Another March, another mud season in full swing. The snowdrops that had barely opened five days ago are now in full flower: The snowdrops that were buried under snow on March 7th are now in...
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GARDEN BLOGS: Choose locations to plant fall bulbs now
In January, the snowdrops in the Secret Garden looked like this: This Sunday just passed–March 7th–those same snowdrops looked like this: Such are the vagaries of an upstate New York winter. Since then, the temperatures...