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• Grow Write Guild #10: This Plant Is Driving Me Nuts

  

  The Grow Write Guild’s prompt #10 is This Plant Is Driving Me Nuts.Anemone hupehensis, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica, and Anemone × hybrida (commonly... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 GARDENING

• Something Beneficial: Praying Mantis

  

  The other evening, I stepped out to purge my pathway of spotted spurge. And as I did a little deadheaing of the Rudbeckias, I noticed something:A praying... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 GARDENING

• Dreaming and Scheming

  

  The house addition progresses despite frequent rain. Thanks to an unusual dry week last week, the framing is up, and sheathing is on. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 GARDENING

• Chrysalis Failure and Success

  

  I think bittster was right: holes in the chrysalis aren’t good. I have given up hope that this one will emerge.The chrysalis is getting more and more brittle,... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 GARDENING

• Anticipation

  

  Today I noticed that holes have appeared in the swallowtail chrysalis left on my bronze fennel stalks.The chrysalis, which had been an electric green color... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 GARDENING

• Know Thine Enemy: Three-seeded Mercury

  

  Finally, I know who this fellow is, sort of. Acalypha…somebody, probably rhomboidea, commonly known as three-seeded mercury. He and his brothers are everywhere... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 GARDENING

• Wildflower Wednesday: Joe Pye Weed

  

  I am not going to win any awards for novelty with this post, but I do love Joe Pye weed.Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) is a plant well worth growing, if... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 GARDENING

• Tomato Servers: Preserving the Union

  

  Gayla Trail at You Grow Girl recently wrote about receiving a tomato server as a gift. Her post reminded me that my grandmother, who was from an age and... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 GARDENING

• Know Thine Enemy: Hairy Bittercress

  

  Continuing in my quest to learn my weeds, today I am studying hairy bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta.This is a photo of hairy bittercress in its less aggressive... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 GARDENING

• Know Thine Enemy: Learning About Weeds

  

  I listen to Margaret Roach‘s excellent podcast, A Way to Garden, and read her website of the same name. This year Margaret has been seeking to identify the weed... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 GARDENING

• Grow Write Guild #11: Grow Your Own

  

  The Grow Write Guild’s current prompt is Your Edible Rewards.The last thing I ate that came from my own garden was mint, which I prepared in a sauce for a... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 GARDENING

• More Garden Wildlife: Tadpoles!

  

  There are a TON of tadpoles in my rain barrel.The barrel has a screen in the lid, so I am not sure how the frog got in there to lay eggs. But there are loads... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 GARDENING

• Mountain Mint

  

  I love plant swaps and gardening listservs. It’s so much fun to share plants you need to divide, and to acquire new plants to try.This week I came into two... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 GARDENING

• Breaking Bud*

  

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  Posted on 14 August 2013 GARDENING

• More Swallowtails on the Way

  

  I found a swallowtail chrysalis on the bronze fennel they’ve devoured all summer.About one inch long, the length from the end of my thumb to the knuckle, it is... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 GARDENING

• Prairie Superstar: Nemastylis Geminiflora

  

  Meet my newest plant obsession: Nemastylis geminiflora, or prairie celestials.Photo of Nemastylis geminiflora from... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 GARDENING