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15.01.09 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

Depressing Exercise: Count the Roses You Killed

2009 + do as I say + Garden Roses

Most of them died due to freak climate smackdowns, but still. I changed my gardening practices a few years after moving to this windy prairie environment, and I have some crazy holdouts in my garden… if I grow a rose here it will survive just about anything. But loving roses, I tried valiantly for years…

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31.10.08 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

It’s Offical: A Killing Frost

2008 + do as I say

Yes, the annuals are gone, the garden is looking brown, and I left a forgotten houseplant pot outside- now a mushy brown and deflated remnant of itself. I hate when I do that… but I think I do almost on purpose as a reminder that everything is imperfect. Of course, being me, I wouldn’t have…

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09.10.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Frugal Gardening

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You can’t miss the headlines, with the stockmarket crashing and the economy shaking like few of us have ever seen it. In the midst of this, gardens remain a sanctuary of peace, a connection with nature. They reassure us that we are passing through phases of existence and survival older than our short memories can…

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10.09.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The Dip

do as I say + Keeping a Garden Journal

In this case, the dip is personal. Do you ever go through periods when you just don’t have the “get up and go” in your gardening? I’m kind of like that right now. The weather is perfect for gardening and maybe I can get out there and accomplish those many jobs on my list. But…

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31.05.08 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Raised Beds

do as I say + General gardening + Vegetable garden

After writing about Kitchen gardens, I put into action some temporary raised beds in my vegetable garden. I have had some permanent raised beds in my front garden since its inception. The driveway beds are also a type of permanent raised bed situation. I think there are pros and cons to the technique. The pros,…

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11.07.07 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Gardening Melts Pounds

do as I say + General gardening + the REAL world

In the heat we’ve had lately, gardening will literally melt pounds. You might know I started working out at Curves this year, and it really helps in the gardening activities- because gardening is labor, labor of love surely, but labor all the same. It wasn’t until my gardening season started in earnest that I saw…

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09.07.07 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

July ’07 State of the Garden

2007 + do as I say + General gardening + July + Landscape Design Know-How

Lavender Walk I have been gardening, not blogging, and this was one of my resolutions for 2007. So far so good. It has been hot here, but we received some rain earlier this month; a huge downpour on the Fourth, which as a lady at Curve’s said “We will take what ever comes and not…

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27.07.05 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Gardening is Childsplay

do as I say + General gardening

Or it could be, if you encourage your children to garden with you. Learning to love the garden and the outdoors in general isn’t so hard to cultivate. Children have natural curiosity and usually a liking for the outdoors… but the trick is to get them to dig the work. Never fear, this is the…

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