Bad pruning

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One of the easiest gardening no-nos to observe (just walk anywhere) is bad pruning.  This is a so-so bad example here.  The lowest whorl o...

Nifty plant gift ideas - Moss of the month

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TPP has to admit that this one caught him quite by surprise; Harry and David it is not.  This is a gift to buy for that really dedicated ...

Garden roundup - Flowering & diversity

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TPP finally got caught up on his first day of flowering data & got his database up to date except for a few unresolved issues involving ...

Last flowers addendum

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Or would that be spelled addendumb?  TPP knew he'd missed the witch hazel, but an alert reader who was not worried about hurting feel...

First snow - November 18

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November 18 is not really early for snow and this was a slushy nearly rain type of snow that wasn't going to accumulate, but the Phactor...

Friday Fabulous Flowers - last of the season

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TPP took a stroll around the estate a couple of days ago; it's what having gardens is for.  Here and there a few plants remained in fl...

Current events with environmental bonus

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Wow, Hannity, one of the prime reasons for it's low batting average ( Phlox News ) loses a sponsor and conservatives (anyone actually i...

Fall, where does it leave us?

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2017 was a strange fall here in the upper Midwest of the USA.  September was cool, then hot and dry. A lot of trees showed stress & T...

Friday Fabulous Foliage

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Fall foliage can be very colorful.  This bed was planted for the purpose of colorful foliage in the fall, indeed, the late fall because th...

How to deal with the time change - feline style

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Here is a cat dealing with the DST to Standard time change as cats do it best.  Sleeping through it on a kitchen chair.  Where else is a ...