Archive for August, 2006

Growing native Bee Balm08.25.06

Bee Balm Monarda Didyma
Description:
Striking red flowers that look like Jesters’ hats and last for weeks give this plant a slightly comical air. Its stem is square (characteristic of plants in the mint family) and its leaves are dark green, sometimes flushed with dark red. Quickly growing into a large, tall clump, bee balm is altogether […]

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Watering the Garden08.24.06

I’m sitting here writing and trying to water my raised flower beds at the same time. It’s not easy doing both at once.
I’ve purchased several sprinklers over the last few years and I haven’t been happy with any of them. Not a one. They either throw the water out too far for my tiny […]

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Shaded Gladiola08.23.06

Wordless Wednesday

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Sorry for the late post - I forgot last night that I do WW on this site too. LOL Yeah, I’ve got three sites in WW. Oh well.

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Window Boxes08.20.06

Join NowTwo large window boxes at the front of my house:

These are just two of my planter boxes.

I have another one at the back of the house attached to the enclosed porch too. I also have several standing planters; 4 long ones are spaced along the side of the house in my shadey […]

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