Category Archives: Country Gardening

Advice, commentary and exploration

Wordless Wednesday

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Indoor Garden

My neighbor sent me a photo of her Amaryllis (Hippeastrum hybrids). Amazing that she gets them to look like this year after year. Her secret? Compost and spring water–wow!

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Scented Sunday

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Hippeastrum

Linking to Sunshine’s Macro Monday

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Close and Closer

Linking to Sunshine’s Macro Monday

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Begonia Macro

Sunlight turns these begonia leaves into spun sugar. Absolutely spellbinding! I’m linking to Irene’s Sunshine’s Monday Macro.

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IAVOM-6th Anniversary

Cathy, at Rambling in the Garden, is celebrating the 6th anniversary of In a Vase on Monday, a meme where gardeners showcase a weekly vase from their gardens. This week she has requested that we make a miniature (six inches or less) arrangement. … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

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IAVOM- Encore

Incredibly, we made it all the way to November 1st before we had a killing frost, weeks beyond the average. I decided to comb my yard on Friday beforehand to see what flowers I could glean that had survived the … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

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