Tag: gardening
group name: pregnantonion
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March 02, 2007 10:22 PM EST --
Look, we all need something to write on our resumes or obituaries. How about member of the Pregnant Onion Club. If you're someone who has a purple thumb, as I do. If you enjoy watching . . . more
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April 06, 2007 05:04 AM EDT --
Less endearing to me than most of the other critters in my environment -- but nonetheless just as integral -- are the small garter snakes that live in the fields surrounding the house.
I have no . . . more
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April 06, 2007 10:42 PM EDT --
Today I went to the Post Office and found, to my surprise, a wonderful package. It contained a bag of snowdrop bulbs all the way from Maine. I'm very excited as they came from one of my . . . more
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June 11, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
If you're walking around New England this time of year, you'll often see hedges of this beautiful plant blooming around now. It's known as Spiderwort ( the folk name is Widow's Tears) . . . more
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March 07, 2007 07:54 PM EST --
The Orange Tree Grew Roses by Cecile V. is the featured article at The Pregnant Onion Club. Yall please come and read Cecile's story which is earthy, just like she is. I'm used . . . more
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March 10, 2007 10:54 AM EST --
Once I had a solar home that sat on a hill overlooking a spring fed pond, a ramnant from the glaciers that covered southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape. Through summer and winter the sun shined . . . more
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June 22, 2007 11:36 PM EDT --
Went down to water the garden this evening -- this second longest day of the year -- and picked the first four ripe squash... I also picked the very FIRST ripe tomato of the year and popped it into my . . . more
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April 02, 2007 01:35 AM EDT --
The Pregnant Onion Club is for folks who enjoy growing plants inside or outside and who love to trade plants and planting ideas. This is for folks who love to exchange bulbs, seeds and plant snippets knowing . . . more
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June 06, 2007 04:07 AM EDT --
My bones are shells, my flesh hangs soft,
family treats me like delicate china;
well,
my head does look like an egg in a cup.
I still tend my garden.
Butterflies weave among spires of delphinium,
lay . . . more
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March 26, 2007 09:45 AM EDT --
It's that time again, so I'm re-posting my Easter grass article!
I've been growing real grass for the Easter baskets, the Easter brunch table, in pots
to scatter around . . . more
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May 23, 2007 12:46 AM EDT --
The tenants in our apartment building have our first garden this year. In our first trip to the nursery, we bought half a dozen trays of miscellaneous greens called "mesclun" -- which, . . . more
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June 05, 2007 01:50 AM EDT --
Our apartment building's small urban garden is divided into three raised beds, officially dubbed the herb bed, the strawberry bed, and the veggie patch. Actually, several types of plants are mixed . . . more
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May 10, 2007 09:41 AM EDT --
Although I've loved and grown plants for all of my adult life, for some reason I never tried growing herbs until this year. I am thrilled with my little herb garden, especially now that some . . . more
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May 27, 2008 12:05 AM EDT --
The garden is coming along despite my inability to do much with it so far this year. Here is the view out my bedroom window.
The Dwarf Korean lilac is almost in bloom as . . . more
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June 12, 2008 03:12 PM EDT --
This plant sometimes has the rather unattractive nickname, Dead Nettle. It is very pretty, a ground cover with pink or white flowers (some say it has yellow flowers in some varieties) I love it! I use . . . more
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June 07, 2007 05:11 AM EDT --
The tenants in our apartment building started our first urban garden this April. One of the first decisions we made was that it would be an organic garden.
When I hear "organic garden" I think . . . more
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September 07, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
It's a big world out there, and distinguishing yourself from the crowd in even some small way is nearly impossible. Most of us must accept early on that we'll never be an Olympic athlete . . . more
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June 11, 2008 03:09 PM EDT --
Freshly Picked Strawberries with a Side of Orange Cake
There is nothing like a strawberry. No one ever bites into something and says, "This tastes like a strawberry," unless it is a . . . more
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June 02, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
The tenants in our apartment building started our first group garden this year. Our inaugural planting was April 28th. Among the first plants we put in were half-a-dozen trays of "mesclun" . . . more
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June 03, 2007 03:22 AM EDT --
"Mother Earth News" magazine has a "GREAT CUCUMBER CHALLENGE" contest going. To score points:
Try various types of cucumber (Give yourself 1 pt. for each type)
Match supply . . . more
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