Are Those Bulbs in My Pants?
Planting a completely whacked-out flower bed that defies common sense.
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John R
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Mutiny of the Bounty
I don’t particularly care for cabbages and radishes, but I’m a sucker for alliteration.
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John R
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Memento Mori
Along came a Latrodectus and sat down for a semi-serious chat.
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Ridin' the Wild Leon
If you don't plant Leontodon, they will come anyway.
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John R
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The Beauty Thief
A timely gift of beautiful flowers put my larcenous impulses on hold.
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John R
- 3 min
The Water Woes
Hellebores, you are woefully narcissistic and you can never get enough.
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John R
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Don't Foodle with Your Doodle
If you are inclined to low-grade entertainment, these are the bugs for you.
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John R
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The Case of the Missing Lilies
The clues: bare earth and unrequited mulch.
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John R
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Nature's Schiddiest Garden
We needed a big dose of raw nature to restore our faith.
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John R
- 3 min
Wisteria Hysteria
Friends warned that wisteria was a relative of extraterrestrial xenomorphs.
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John R
- 3 min
Me Ignore Plain Facts
There are gardening tenets that are so basic you couldn’t possibly ignore them. But you do.
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John R
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The World's Clumsiest Tree
This sad, twisted clown of a plant is just crying out for love...
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John R
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Return of the Murdered Valerian
The toughest plant in the garden meets its match—Deb and a pair of clippers.
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John R
- 3 min
The Drunk Robins Are Coming!
This annual event always creates a big kerfuffle.
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John R
- 4 min
Let's K-Vetch
The Cersei of the front garden is a cunning, ruthless, and good-looking adversary.
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John R
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Bugs Buddies
Industrious creepy crawlies act as if the property is their own private domain. Well, it is.
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