We’re getting new neighbors12.15.08

On January 1st the home next door will have new people living in it. Renters … not sure how I feel about that. Sofie, my former neighbor (and stalker) and owner of the house, had a stroke last February and she’s now living with her youngest son. The family tried to sell the house in [...]



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Cleomes and phlox in the garden08.17.08

Join Cleomes are strange looking flowers. They grow on long stocks and bloom as they grow. They have long spidery things that stick out all around the blooms giving them their strange look. I plant these flowers along the back edge of my garden. They grow to approximately 4 feet tall so they help screen [...]



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Rose of Sharon blooming08.10.08

Join I’m always surprised when I look at the stats for this site and I see the search term “Rose of Sharon” come up almost daily all year round. There’s obviously a lot more people than I thought looking for information about Rose of Sharon shrubs! My Rose of Sharon came to me 7 years [...]



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