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Mulch Mountain

Posted on June 14, 2011 by cara

THERE’S A NEW TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURE on my Springs, L.I., property that isn’t making me happy. It’s a hill made of mulch — 5 cubic yards of it. That’s a lot. It sits in my driveway, waiting to be deployed as … Continue reading →

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The Aegopodium Avenger

Posted on June 2, 2010 by cara

LAST YEAR IT WAS WISTERIA VINE that was the bane of my gardening existence. The stuff was so out of control it had taken down a shed and killed trees by strangulation. Hired landscapers hacked down much of it; I … Continue reading →

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Garden Guilt

Posted on June 21, 2009 by cara

MAYBE I READ TOO MANY GARDENING BOOKS, but I find I’m plagued by feelings of doing lots of things “wrong” in my initial efforts to turn my long-neglected, weedy, and lately muddy half-acre into a proper garden. OK, it’s only … Continue reading →

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The Good, the Bad, and the Mystifying

Posted on June 2, 2009 by cara

AT TWILIGHT YESTERDAY, I surveyed my 4/10 of an acre. Now that the bulk of the wisteria and weeds have been cleared away, I can see what I’ve got here, though I can’t identify all of it. There’s a lot … Continue reading →

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