Tag Archives: gardening

Ornamental Edibles

Posted on March 21, 2013 by cara

Facebook.com/dirtmadedelicious THE DREAMING CONTINUES…the stack of gardening books on my coffee table grows…the sketches of my garden-to-come (six days ’til closing!) proliferate. I’ve realized that the area I’m considering for a vegetable patch — the only cleared, and hence sunny, … Continue reading →

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Long Night into Morning

Posted on April 17, 2012 by cara

“Let us decide on the route that we wish to take to pass our life, and attempt to sow that route with flowers.” — Madame du Chatele via The Happiness Project I’M NOT SURE I EVER ACTIVELY DECIDED on a … Continue reading →

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The Hungry Herds

Posted on July 9, 2010 by cara

GOOD MORNING, DEER. Good afternoon, and evening, too. I hear them outside my windows after dark, trolling through my plantings for tasty buds. A deer fence is back near the top of my list. The hungry herds have left me … Continue reading →

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To Roundup or Not to Roundup?

Posted on August 27, 2009 by cara

OVERWHELMED AGAIN as I contemplate all that needs doing, landscape-wise, here at Green Half-Acre. In rough order of priority, this is what I hope to accomplish this fall/winter: Board fence and gate across the front of property (80 feet) to … Continue reading →

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