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  • Gardening Diary – November 22, 2022

    Gardening Diary – November 22, 2022

    Sharon and I finished weeding the Daffodils bed; the predominant weeds were Onions. We cut back the False Asters [Kalimeris pinnatifida ‘Hortensis’] and removed the remaining Coleus plants [Plectranthus scutellarioides]. At about a third of the way through the work, the wagon was overflowing and we emptied the wagon in…

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  • Gardening Diary – November 10, 2022

    Gardening Diary – November 10, 2022

    Sharon and I took some wood, which was taken down from the house when the contractor replaced it with new wood so that the new guttering could be fastened to it, to the dump. Added support using rebar and a bungee cord for each pot of Chrysanthemums [Chrysanthemum sp.]. These…

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  • Gardening Diary – November 7, 2022

    Gardening Diary – November 7, 2022

    Rain barrels Pictures taken November 7, 2022. This week, we had the gutters on the house replaced. Since we have not used the rain barrels, we removed their connections from the gutter system. Additional photographs (9) taken today: Ackerman Hybrid Camellia [Camill[a Ackerman Hybrid] Pictures taken on November 7, 2022…

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  • Gardening Diary – November 5, 2022

    Sharon and I took the remains of the palette, which we took apart on October 21, over to the city dump. Last week, when we purchased the Chrysanthemums [Chrysanthemum sp.] from Stanley’s Greenhouse last week, we also purchased a Christmas Cactus [Schlumbergera × buckleyi]. A couple of days ago, planted…

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