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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Photo Friday: June Bloomers
Today I want to share some of the things we have blooming here in mid June. I’ll start in the Wild Garden, which is a sunny spot that includes many plants that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and other pollinators. It … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Friday
Tagged bee balm, butterfly weed, catnip, coreopsis, crocosmia, hollyhock, hosta, lavender, petunia, shallots, soapwort
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Photo Friday: The Dark Side
Every once in a while it’s fun to show things that aren’t exactly going well in the garden. I’ll start with the hosta in the Shade Garden. Around here we call it ‘deer lettuce’, since the local deer seem to … Continue reading
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Tagged cold frame, composter, cucumbers, deer, greenhouse, hosta, spider mites
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Ups and Downs in the Garden
It’s always something in the garden. I lost one of the zucchini plants this week. The whole top half of the plant suddenly died off. Some folks will be thinking “squash vine borer” but the dreaded SVB is rarely a … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, hosta, interplanting, Japanese beetle, pests, pigweed flea beetle, summer squash, zucchini
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Poking Up & Leafing Out
I love this time of year, because it brings a renewal of life. Seemingly overnight, the landscape changes from grays and browns to shades of green. Everywhere I look, things are poking up and leafing out. And many things are … Continue reading
