June 2012

26 Jun
2012
Guinea fowl on a suburban street

Outlaw guinea fowl?

So. This photo of a guinea fowl? Yeah, I snapped this photo from my driveway. This leaves me with one very important question: Why did the guinea fowl cross the road? Ok. No. Not that question. Sorry. Instead, this one: Is this guinea fowl a rule-following guinea fowl, or a ...

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25 Jun
2012
The outlaw garden at dawn

Monday morning garden stroll #8

If there’s a theme to today’s garden stroll, it’s this: Early morning sunlight on late night raindrops. A small but intense thunder-boomer skirted my neighborhood around midnight last night. Most of the rain passed to the north of me, but about a tenth-an-inch fell on the garden. Not much, but ...

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24 Jun
2012
DIY 1-hour tomato trellis

DIY 1-hour tomato trellis

Full disclosure: This actually took me a bit more than two hours to make and install. But, that included creating the design and taking all the photos. So, the 1-hour time frame is an estimate. But, it’s a fairly realistic estimate. Plus, even if this required two whole hours to ...

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22 Jun
2012
three garlic heads

Summer’s arrival. Garlics’ departure.

The transformation to summer is complete: Yesterday I harvested the garlic crop. The signs of summer are everywhere: On the calendar, which tells us that Wednesday was the summer solstice. On outdoor thermometers, which registered record-breaking heat all through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast yesterday. On the computer, which I’m using ...

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20 Jun
2012
blueberries

EWG’s Dirty Dozen list provides inspiration for the vegetable garden

As every seed-catalog-perusing gardener knows, there are approximately 4,372,912 possible fruits or vegetables to choose from when planning our gardens each year. Or, something like that. [Note: It's possible that I pulled that number out of thin air. Probable, in fact. Ok, I have absolutely NO proof that there are ...

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18 Jun
2012
Artichoke flowers are absolutely stunning.

Monday morning garden stroll #7

It’s drizzly and gray and a touch chilly in the garden this morning. In other words: perfect. The garden is packed with recent transplants and just-started seeds and seedlings. Everything could do with a little drink. Even if today’s precipitation doesn’t amount to much, it’ll at least moisten the soil ...

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13 Jun
2012
gaura blooming profusely

Monday morning garden stroll #6

Well, we’re moving in the right direction. This week’s Monday morning update is coming out on Wednesday, not Thursday. Progress! The garden along the front path is bursting right now. It’s an incredible change from this time last year, when I had just finished installing the brick path and had ...

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7 Jun
2012
'Sunny Border Blue' speedwell (Veronica spicata) along the garden path.

Monday morning garden stroll: #5

It’s Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday morning again. Yes, the weekly garden stroll is late again. This is apparently what happens when a whole bunch of deadlines bunch up on the first half of a week. How about we just skip past the part where I promise (again) to do better next week, ...

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