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Wisteria is a mystery to me

8:35 AM Thu, Oct 25, 2007 | | Comments (5)
By Beth Heaney    Email

I happened to be at Colt State Park in Bristol on Sunday and spotted these beautiful little compact trees all in a row lining a side road. I'm about 99% certain they are wisteria. Years ago, I thought they were......

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How to build fences, gates and trellises of bamboo

4:27 PM Fri, Oct 19, 2007 | | Comments (4)
By Dave Weyermann    Email

The large images are resizable now, with scrollbars, and tools. Established bamboo. Click most photos to enlarge them.   Years ago, I met an elderly man who had a really nice bamboo grove. I bought some canes for trellises and......

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Borage -- beautiful blues

11:13 AM Tue, Oct 16, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Borage, Borago officinalis, is described as a gangly, airy plant, with oval leaves, covered with prickly little hairs. It is known for its star-shaped, blue flowers, used to garnish many dishes and to decorate cakes and pastries, in candies......

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Tying up some loose ends

11:32 PM Mon, Oct 15, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Beth Heaney    Email

I mentioned in an earlier entry that a mysterious squash was growing in my garden, and then later identified it as a Potimarron. In the Seed Savers catalog, it stated that they grew to 3 or 4 pounds. This one......

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The morning glories of October

10:03 AM Fri, Oct 12, 2007 | | Comments (4)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

October is just beginning to be chilly, but the garden doesn't notice. Green tomatoes continue to ripen, the tuberoses I planted in pots in May are 3 feet tall and trying to bloom. And the morning glories growing up......

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Landscaping (continued from last week)

5:54 PM Thu, Oct 04, 2007 | | Comments (11)
By Beth Heaney    Email

A week or so ago, I had just begun to research the elements of my simple landscape design. Visiting four garden shops in two days with my digital camera and a notepad, I gathered a load of information which I......

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Naked ladies? In this weather?

3:20 PM Tue, Oct 02, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Paula Constantine    Email

I flipped over my Matthew Rice calendar to October the other day and it reminded me of another thing I’ve been slacking on. Colchicums. Fall crocus. Or, if you prefer, “naked ladies,” from their habit of blooming in the fall,......

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