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Tag Archives: concrete menagerie
Shady Ladies (and Max)
For some of us, surely, the serenity of shade gardening—as the counterpart of sun gardening, with its festive mood—is just what the inner doctor orders.” – George Schenk in The Complete Shade Gardener If anything ever happens to this … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, The Boys
Tagged caladium, concrete menagerie, dicentra, fern, heuchera, hosta, Japanese Painted fern, lady's mantle, mahonia, polemonium, shade garden, tiarella, west highland white terrier, westies
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Potting Shed Finale: The Budget Version
We have a difference of opinion, husband and I. I say when we redeem our credit card points on a snazzy, bright orange Home Depot gift card, the plants subsequently hauled home are “free.” He disagrees, bringing up the logical, but … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Projects
Tagged concrete menagerie, Garden, garden ornaments, hyacinth bean vine, pergola, potting shed, Projects, weather vane, west highland white terrier, westies
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between
Between. Capture something in the middle of two things. It can be a person or object, or simply the space in between. I was gardening on the opposite side of the house when I heard ferocious growling and excited barking. The … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, The Boys
Tagged concrete menagerie, postaday, weekly challenge, west highland white terrier, westies
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The 4-H Urn Project
Because so many of you (okay, two, but who’s counting?) have been clamoring for more detail about the Garden Club Luncheon the other weekend, I thought I’d show you what I came up with for the front porch urns in preparation for … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Projects
Tagged concrete menagerie, hedgehog, hellebore, heuchera, hosta, urns
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Spring Is A Hussy
“Spring Is A Hussy” Or so the gardening dowager speaking to my Garden Club pronounced. She went on to say that anybody can have a beautiful garden in spring. At first I felt vaguely insulted – sometimes gardeners can be dreadfully opinionated … Continue reading
Posted in Garden
Tagged Beverley Nichols, concrete menagerie, Garden, nandina, parterre, winter
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