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Mid-Winter Relief comes in Small Packages , JANUARY 2011

I have been suffering a true winter this year! I started it off with a head cold at Thanksgiving, which I just couldn’t shake. It never really left me, just evolved into a sleep-shattering cough and bronchitis.  This dragging around … Continue reading

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LATE SPRING IN A ZONE 10 GARDEN: Moving into Florida’s “Wet Season”, 2010

To everything there is a season. And now is the season of renewal-Spring. This year it is particularly welcomed because we had a REAL winter! So now you will notice your garden coming alive, and you will find yourself with … Continue reading

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SPRING GARDEN CHECK-LIST, 2010

I  am the sort of gardener who spends most of my time wandering my garden, day-dreaming about what I want it to be. Occasionally pulling a weed here or there, trimming off a wayward branch, collecting flowers for a vase … Continue reading

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OFFICIAL SPRING, 2010

Well there is no doubt in anybody’s mind anymore-Spring has finally arrived! And it is official too! That’s right; last Saturday was the vernal equinox, the official first day of spring.  Did you take note of where the shadows fell? … Continue reading

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FIRST GLIMPSE OF SPRING 2010

Did you notice it? Did you catch that first glimpse of spring today?  Everything is flushing with soft, new, green growth, and even though we are still expecting some dips into the 40s, I have it on good authority that … Continue reading

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