Latest Blog Posts
The following items provide links to the blog posts. The items are ordered by date (in reverse order) starting with the most recent blog post.
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Gardening Diary – March 21, 2022
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First time back working in the garden since my fall. Moved the refuse from the pruning done on … over to Dave’s gulley. Red Leaf Barberry Hedges [Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’] Picture taken on March 21, 2022. Pruned the 4 Red Leaf Barberry Hedges shown in the picture.
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Gardening Diary – March 13, 2022
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Yesterday’s very early snowfall started to melt in the sunny afternoon. The temperatures hovered around freezing in the afternoon and dropped to around 14o F overnight. This behavior in the temperatures caused the formation of some very long icicles off the roof of the house and in some of the plants.…
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Gardening Diary – February 9, 2022
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Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] Picture was taken on February 9, 2022. Started to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that was next to the Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] which we finished pruning a couple of days ago. The pruning is essentially the removal of twigs that were…
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Gardening Diary – February 7, 2022
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Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on February 7, 2022. Finished pruning the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Took the refuse over to Dave’s gulley.
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Gardening Diary – February 1, 2022
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Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on February 1, 2022. Continued to prune the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Still some more pruning needs to be done. Took a wagonful of refuse from the pruning over to Dave’s gulley. Walking by the Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’], noticed…
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Gardening Diary – January 31, 2022
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Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on January 31, 2022. The Dappled Willow next to the right fence has grown quite large. Many of its branches hung over the fence as seen in the following picture from last April. Dappled Willow before pruning [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on…