Apple harvest is counted
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Local farmers have produced over 4,500 metric tons of apples, despite a
difficult growing season, which should be enough for christmas stockings
this ye...
Winter protection with a touch of class
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Driving to work one cool morning I noticed the owner of these bananas out
wrapping them in bubble wrap*. My first thought was “OMG, what does he know
that ...
things to do - really?
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time goes by quickly here, and there's always something else ahead of us . .
. to just take a moment out to sit and be takes planning - incredible. That
ne...
The garden of scarce blog posts
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I apologize for the scarcity of blog posts recently, but I've been distracted by non-garden stuff. I'm not as tweeting much either.The garden really slows d...
Pineapple guava harvest
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Poking around in the lower “garden”—a half-wild area along the back
fence—examining with dismay a weed-overgrown path, rampant English ivy, and
what I susp...
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Driving Edition
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Over the next several days, some of us will be driving off to see relatives and friends for a big Thanksgiving feast.You might be a gardening geek when it co...
Everything's Coming Up Roses and an Award Too!
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November is a beautiful month here in the desert, especially if you love
roses as I do. We are enjoying our fall rose blooming season. There are
two di...
GGW Plant Pick of The Month- Sesleria
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A couple of years ago while visiting the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in
Chicago I was attracted to several groupings of a striking yellow-green
tufted ...
Berry Surreal Dreams
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The sun has gone on vacation. Alternating pouring rain and light drizzle
make going out with the camera a little dangerous, for the camera that is.
Eyelids...
Successful Shopping Saturday at the Natural Gardener
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Can you believe that Philo & I went to the Natural Gardener yesterday and came home without one single plant or bulb? Here's how it started - around 2006 I p...
The oldest plant sale in South Florida
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Today I visited the Ramble at Fairchild Tropical Garden. The Ramble is the
oldest plant sale in South Florida, and is the event that all us gardeners
wait ...
Rainbow Lights!
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No, Matron hasn't been hit on the head or had a 60s trip... I'm referring to
the wonderful psychadelic *'Rainbow Lights' Swiss chard* which are the stars
o...
Decluttering house and garden – HELP needed!
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Help! There is a mess in my garden – this is not related with the autumn mess created by dead plants. This is real mess. Too many different plants and someti...
“Baggins and Tape”
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“In the event of a water landing, I have been designed to serve as a
flotation device” And even more rain in Central Texas…and even more
mosquitoes, althou...
Rose hips and blooming Roses
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Vildrosornas grenar dignar av nypon längs min promenadväg med hundarna.
Fåglarna tycks ha gott om mat, för ännu har de inte börjat kalasa av
nyponen.
On m...
Another Mecca – The Huntington
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You know, I LOVE that I live in a place that allows me access to some of the
coolest succulent gardens around. We’ve already visited one of my FAVORITE
pla...
It's Like Spring All Over Again
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Other than our shorter days and the southerly angle of the sun Florida's fall gardening is much like a repeat of spring. The garden calls out for the gardene...
Blooming Friday/Sky blue Cluster Vine
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Welcome to Blooming Friday! My erratic connection kept me out of
blogdom but now I hope I'll be able to make up for all that lost
time:)
I took this pict...
Belated Bloom Day
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Spent blooms are the order of the day here. There are few actual blooms in the garden right now. The 'Sheffield Pink' chrysanthemum is showing its' last bedr...
Drama in my garden
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Two weeks ago Sunday I was up very early around 05.30 am and decided to take
a walk in the garden. I made a cup of tea and walked towards my gazebo. I
plac...
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - November 2009
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November GBBD is always special as this is the best season here to be
outdoors before the frigid December winters envelope the plants in a dense
fog, sendi...
This Momentous GB Bloom Day
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Those of you who follow me on Twitter already know how unseasonably clement the weather has been over here these last two months and it has led to a bountifu...
Incentive Packages Soekershof
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*(media release)*
The last few weeks Soekershof; Private Mazes & Botanical Gardens in South
Africa has made long term agreements with the first upmarket t...
THE SWIMMING POOL
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I designed this swimming pool for a client in Anguilla. The existing house
had a slight Asian flair and the client wanted to add a studio apartment and
poo...
Bountiful Barleycorn In October
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Large White And Red Admiral Butterflies On Michaelmas Daisies
At the beginning of October the sun shone brightly and our visiting
butterflies had their la...
Farewell Geocities
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Back in the day, I had a Geocities page. Two in fact. One under this
sobriquet of Chennette* and another using my real name. I think it’s been 10
years sin...
Debbie's Glass
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My friend Debbie is a very talented artist. These are just a few of her pieces. Her sense of colour and shape is beautiful.Glass is a challenging medium but ...
A plant worthy of the Wizard of OZ
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I heard of the ‘black boy’ for the first time when I came to live in the
UK. I worked in a garden centre in London. One day two of the other
employees c...
Spring memories & Pasqueflowers
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Sometimes a garden's greatest solace lies in the place it holds in our
memory. At other times, the value of a garden resides not in our thoughts
about the ...
GBDW The Many Incarnations of The Pond
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The time has come for the Garden Blogger's Design Workshop story sponsored
by the kids over at Gardening Gone Wild , the story of the Faire Garden
Pond. T...
I'm an “island girl” born and living in the Caribbean. I love to travel, garden, love art and music and of course the beach. I also enjoy cooking, especially with my own grown herbs and farmers market produce. My job in international development takes me to different countries of the world and that’s what I consider the best thing about my career: getting to meet and become friends with so many wonderful people and getting to experience different countries and cultures. My blogs are Tropical Travels http://tropicalscenes.blogspot.com/ and A Caribbean Garden http://caribbeangarden.blogspot.com/
3 comments:
What beautiful reds. The berries are just beautiful and an added bonus.
I think I recognize Pyracantha berries. Is the tree a Japanese Maple? So beautiful.
Thanks, HHG.
Noelle: Since Aoth and I are both from the tropics we are only guessing that they are Japanese maples!
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