Category Archives: Gardening

Late Winter Snows

 The first flowers of the season are late this year due to below average cold temperatures and late snows.  The yard is beautiful covered in snow.  I love trees with their snow and ice covered limbs, standing tall as frozen sculptures for all … Continue reading

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Peonies – Wow, Just Wow

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I LOVE peonies.  This is a fairly new flower for me to grow, but I LOVE them.  I don’t know of a more beautiful flower and I pay attention to flowers!  I love so many flowers, but I LOVE these.  … Continue reading

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Azaleas – full of color

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So beautiful and full of color are azaleas.  They look like a full bush of flowers, which I guess they are.  I love them in my garden and they are another trouble free flowering bush.  Plant it and enjoy it.  No fuss … Continue reading

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Apple Blossoms, So Beautiful

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I never noticed before, exactly how beautiful the blossoms of apple trees are.  The buds are as beautiful as any rose buds I’ve seen.  Rose colored buds, opening to a white flower with a yellow stylus is one of my favorite combinations … Continue reading

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Hyacinths Smell Oh So Good, Love it

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And so beautiful too.  What’s not to love?  They will keep coming up year over year.  I make sure to plant all hyacinths near my front door so their scent dominates my front porch.  Their scent is heavenly.  I love … Continue reading

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Daffodils, daffodils everywhere I look

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I love daffodils.  They are so bright and perky and bloom so early in the year that they bring long anticipated cheer.  Sunshine has entered my garden and thy name is daffodil.  🙂  I love them everywhere and so I planted 200 … Continue reading

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Coming Up Roses

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I love roses.  I truly do.  Next to hydrangeas, there is no better perennial at yielding lots of flowers in your garden over most of the summer and fall.  While I have dabbled in roses over the years, I haven’t invested … Continue reading

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I Love Tulip Trees

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Or should I say, magnolia trees.  The first time I saw one in full bloom, I couldn’t believe there was a tree that was so completely covered in flowers with no leaves in sight.  It was strange and beautiful at the … Continue reading

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Late Winter Flowers – Love them!

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It does my heart good to see flowers blooming once again.  It always strikes me as too early when I see the first ones emerging in late winter but it brings a smile to my face none the less. I … Continue reading

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Digging in the Dirt

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After a few weeks off from gardening, I found myself digging in the dirt again this last weekend.  Weeds had taken over one of the flower beds and I decided that it is much better to take care of them now versus doing … Continue reading

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