This began because Husband sent me the Get Rich Slowly website for a cost analysis on home gardening. It encouraged me to see how much we save (or lose) in a year in our edible garden. I am going to try and post monthly with the cost and benefit. This will in no way be [...]
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What would you do if you were faced with an enormous quantity of leeks? I have pounds and pounds of them. They seem to grow everywhere, in my yard, in my veggie garden, in the flowerbeds…and they multiply!! I cannot ever imagine using all of them (or even most of them!).
I’d love to know [...]
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Front Beds
The front bed is overgrown with the dying tulip and daffodil greens. I am looking for ideas to hide it. I’d like to cover it with something big, leafy, and with purple foliage.
The Japanese maple finally got its first haircut of the year.
Columbine Aquilegia sp., – note the bee on the right?
Edible Garden
The potato [...]
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FRONT BEDS
Lamium and Penstemon mostly
Totally overgrown Japanese maple, hopefully it will be cleaned up by next week
Potato that is to be put into a potato condo
Peony
Penstemon sp. “Husker Red”
The deciduous azaleas are blooming
Lilac (Syringa sp.) – my favorite are these dark purple kind
VEGGIE GARDEN
You can see the leeks in [...]
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