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Fall Planting to Thwart the Deer
GARDEN THERAPY. It works like nothing else. Fall is prime time for planting — cool weather, no chiggers — and I am at it again, doing my bit to beautify my little corner of the planet. I check periodically on … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged berberis thunbergii 'Talago', carex variegata siderosticha, cimicifiuga, crape myrtle, deer-proof, deer-resistant, deerproof, East Hampton, lagerstroemia 'Acoma', lindera benzoin, plant, Springs, suggestions, Sunjoy Gold Beret, tribble
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Lilies of the Morning
THE FALL BULB CATALOGUES have started to arrive, and with them a certain annoyance, as in ‘Who wants to think about summer ending already?’ Still, they are seductive, and paging through them is a pleasant way to spend a July … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged alliums, bulbs, coleus, container, Deer-Out, deer-proof, grape hyacinths, hanging basket, John Scheepers, lysimachia, muscari, naturalizers, naturalizing, Outback Sunset, Saturn, Silberian squill, snowdrops, Spanish bluebells, Turk's cap lilies, wandering Jew
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Pull, Plant, Move, Weed, Shear, Lop…it’s May
SO TODAY I’M OUT IN THE GARDEN, following a nice morning rain, yanking out white-flowering, foot-tall garlic mustard before it seeds, and I uncover this fellow, above, with the pretty yellow markings. I’m not much for wildlife photography — deer … Continue reading
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Tagged chelone, Costco, crabgrass, deer-proof, East Hampton, ferns, garlic mustard, grasses, groundcover, ilex, irises, Japanese silver ferns, juniper, kerria japonica, lawn, Maidstone beach, Maidstone Park, miscanthus, mulch, nandina, peonies, rhamnus frangula, rose of sharon, Springs, threadleaf coreopsis, turfgrass, viburnum, weeds, weigela, White Flower Farm, wisteria
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