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Most everything is in the ground; I am just quibbling with myself over a few seeds, a few seedlings, and their respective placement. Pennyroyal needs to be near the edges and planted withing a border...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:15:00 GMT |
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I read a fascinating article about a Victorian-era British explorer named Percy Fawcett. He explored large swaths of territory in South America for the Royal Geographic Society in the early years of...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:27:00 GMT |
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A Robin has built its nest behind an overgrown rose-bush on the windowsill of my backporch. Silverweed and Peppermint spread unhindered because I am unwilling to get close to the nest area for fear o...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 21:31:00 GMT |
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The weather has been pleasant.But it is only early May; it still could snow.There will surely be frosts, at least three of them will be a proper hoar frost.And as the temperature rises, my mind slows ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 21:44:00 GMT |
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Not too far away, though not close at hand,Away from the crowd, yet within earshot of man.I'm going camping. It isn't John Muir-style camping where one sticks a load of bread in one's pocket and simp...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 00:27:00 GMT |
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If you lower the pH level of the soil around the roots of a Hydrangea, the flower clusters will change color. The lower you get the pH, the more blue the blossoms will become. The same is true with ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:19:00 GMT |
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Owning a sword and swinging it in the air at some brush in the backyard does not make you a Samurai. Similarly, having a pen and using it to write words on a piece of paper does not make you a poet.-...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:11:00 GMT |
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A bit of florilegium:- Every day on my drive home from work, I pass a landscape that is mostly uniform and rather unremarkable, especially if you were not familiar with any of the history or accountin...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:09:00 GMT |
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Tom Waits wrote the song 'Downtown Train.' Rod Stewart made it famous, but Tom Waits wrote it. And sang it. Beautifully. He made it sound seedy and desperate and common. Like some jamoke is riding...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:03:00 GMT |
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- Pennywort, bastard cousin to Bindweed, stalks the cool soil of early April like a snake, attempting to squeeze the life out of emerging Salvias and Hyssops. It crawls underneath the tarp laid down ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:28:00 GMT |
