I welcome you to ‘Zone 5 – Favorites on the 5th’. I post on the 5th of every month, redirecting visitors to a favorite posting relative to zone 5. This month we have two bloggers looking for inspiration to fill an area vacated by a large shrub. One of those bloggers is me. The other . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – What To Do About A Dead Shrub
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I could probably be more careful when I deadhead or cut flowers to take inside. Nah, that isn’t gonna happen. I’m just as likely to cut off the bloom-to-be as I am to cut off the bloom-that was. Take the coreopsis below, for example. See the pretty flower on the right, and the one that’s . . . → Read More: How Did I Deadhead Without These Great Little Scissors? Some garden centers are worth going to just for the experience. Even if you don’t buy anything (like that would ever happen to me), you have got to see these places. The Flower and Herb Barn is one of those. Joann said that if we were going to go to Nashville, Indiana, we HAD to . . . → Read More: Destination Garden Center # 1 – The Flower and Herb Barn I can’t take credit for the picture; it came from www.owned.lv. Yep, that’s Chicagoland this summer. You may remember that I just had to have my zinnia garden back. I had one before and it was a beauty. This year’s bed will rival that one. It’s huge. 82 State Fair zinnias are bound to take up a fair piece of real estate. My niece Kathryn gave me a funny . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – 82 Zinnias Is Enough For Me I welcome you to ‘Zone 5 Favorites on the 5th’. I post on the 5th of every month, redirecting visitors to a favorite posting relative to zone 5. My apologies for using the word ‘Favorites’ in a title where I also used the words ‘Japanese Beetles’. Japanese Beetles are far from my favorites. What we . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – Japanese Beetles Aint he just the cutest! Happy 4th of July everyone. Mike says “We plant flowers the old fashioned way – We urn them”… Cousin It came to the garden walk at the Olsen’s… A guaranteed way to kill the slug… Is this what they meant when they said “A bird in the pot is worth two in the bush?”… . . . → Read More: A Bit Of Garden Humor What’s not to love? Lucille’s potting shed is a gardener’s dream come true. I walked in and was smitten. Mike was worried before I even walked in. If you’ve seen our barn, it doesn’t look like this, and now Mike will live with fear in his heart that someday it will. He already lies . . . → Read More: I Love Lucille’s Potting Shed Big fish, little fish, same problem. Big pond, little pond, same problem. Big or small, something always wants to eat the fish in your pond. Your pond could be big enough to be fed by a waterfall like Richard and Peggy Judd’s… Your pond could be as little as this one, also at the home . . . → Read More: Protecting Your Fish From Predators |
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