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Category Archives: Gardening

Making Hay While The Sun Shines

… seems to be one of life’s golden rules which is really difficult for me to understand. Just an example: I want to plant a cherry tree this weekend. I went to the nursery yesterday, found a nice tree and tucked it in for the night immediately on coming home, ready to be planted today. […]

A Shameless Plug

I spent the morning in the garden digging up two willows that had appeared without invitation as well as a good dozen black locust suckers.  This spring the local authorities decided to replace the locust trees shading our road. As the workmen only ripped out the old trees and left the roots to fight for […]

It’s Been a While

It’s been pretty silent around here over summer, mainly because I have been desparately trying to get my back yard under control.

Doesn’t look so bad, does it? Well, it does, if you look closer. You would not believe I spent all summer pulling up weeds, only to have them grow back basically over night. Nature […]