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25.01.18 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

National Seed Swap Day in January

Featured + January

Swap Seeds For A Better Garden This Year Gardener’s have traditionally loved to trade with each other: tips ad advice, seeds and plants, even tools of the trade. It is no surprise that as the seed supplies available from seed companies have been shrinking, that grassroots gardeners have stepped up to organize seed swaps. These…

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07.02.17 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Snippets of Gardening, February’s Mercies

Day in the life + February

One of the mercies found within an Ohio winter are those small windows of dry enough conditions and relatively pleasant weather. They are almost always very short, so the opportunities need to grasped. We have a short window at this moment and I have used it to carry on the weeding and garden preparation that…

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24.11.15 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Growing Indoor Flowers In December

bulbs + Featured + winter

Today I was reading Teresa Byington’s Garden Diary blog, and her post on Amaryllis bulbs.   She brought back memories of the winter windowsill plantings through the years, including some Amaryllis. As she mentions, this is really easy gardening and most people have great success with the kits that are offered. Amaryllis is one of…

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04.03.15 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

It Is Still Freezing, Cold, And Snowing

How's the weather? + March + winter

Yes, playing with Picmonkey. What else on the rainy/snowy/frozen days we are having? Housework, you say? What is that? Yes, the weather again. We are still in the throes of winter. Throes I say! Everyone says they are tired of it, but we really don’t have any say in the weather, do we? It will…

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26.02.15 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Everyone Talks About The Weather

February

I ventured out between the pine and the spirea Wherever I go (the few times I can venture out), everyone is talking about the weather, how cold it is, how tired they are of it, etc, etc. Depending on just how cold it is I either find lots to do on my computer, or I…

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14.02.15 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Update, Philosophical Distractions, Life

The Garden Effect : Soul + winter

My instagram pic from last week We have only a coating of snow. Yes, I know. I should post more often. It is one of those winters that see-saw between normal temperatures and deep cold. I hate the deep cold. All our snow has melted away during the January thaws and now February has some…

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15.04.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Making Garden Video

spring + winter

I have a long way to go admittedly, and I don’t consider myself star material, but I am making videos on Youtube. I’d like you to subscribe to my lowly channel, give me improvement suggestions, like me…. and share my garden and experiences through the videos. I keep it real. You see the dandelions, the…

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02.03.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

My Mind’s In A Vortex or I can’t stop thinking about the weather

How's the weather? + Seasons + winter

March Snow 2014, the ragged edges of winter It seems to be the only thing that I center on anymore, when my mind turns to gardening. The Weather. There were residual bits of snow scattered around the yard today, and more ice and snow predicted for the next couple days. Lots of people talk about…

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13.02.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

What To Write About? We are still in a deep freeze.

2014 + February + winter

A cold winter’s day It has only gotten colder, and that is a rather boring topic, unless you live in the likes of Atlanta where this winter has turned things topsy-turvy for them. Midday here in the Central Ohio area, and it isn’t above 10 degrees. I am grateful for the light cover of snow…

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24.01.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Midwinter. Colder Than Usual

2014 + winter

View over the field Everyone is talking about the weather.  It is a colder than usual winter, though we had our little January thaw which seemed almost tropical, while somewhat rainy. It is too bad the snow melted off, because these temperatures and drying winds that Ohio has had recently is none too good for…

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