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Category Archives: Gardening
Basic birdwatching and bird feeding: Make feathered friends in Faded Summer!
I’ve always enjoyed seeing birds around my yard, but over the past couple of years I’ve made an effort to learn a bit more about them and provide supplemental food and water that would appeal to them. I’ve come to … Continue reading
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Enjoying Faded Summer: appreciating the beauty of faded flowers
After reading this post you are going to end up agreeing with me on something you never knew you believed… or getting one of your own beliefs validated (as if you needed that!)… or simply deciding I’m just a little … Continue reading
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Three seasons of gardening 2022
For the past few years I’ve been working on building a walk-through garden in the sideyard between my house and garage, and this year I got a lot closer to that goal. I joined together two flower beds by the … Continue reading
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How to dry hydrangeas
One of Summer’s most beautiful flowers – and a favorite during Faded Summer, too! – is the hydrangea! Primarily grown in shrub form (unless trained as a tree), hydrangeas have a multitude of large, fluffy blooms and – especially with … Continue reading
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Create a quick and easy, weed-free cardboard flowerbed
For decades (decades, people!) I created flower beds wherever I lived using a very labor-intensive method: I’d overturn individual shovel-widths of sod, break up the chunks by hand to preserve as much soil as possible, and discard the remaining grass … Continue reading