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February

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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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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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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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23.02.11 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

Mythical Spring

February + spring

early spring snowstorm 2010 I am starting to understand ancient man’s reason to tell the myths of Springtime. The Persephone and Brigid myths represent the struggle felt as winter is wont to let go and spring must irresistibly arrive. The old stories of the struggle for power between the Cailleach (the old woman of winter)…

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09.02.11 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Bits of February Trivia

February + winter

Ruth Kirk, the author of “Snow“: “Snow not only insulates against low minimum temperatures but also against fluctuations. A bare soil surface may be heated by direct sunshine, then cooled in seconds as clouds pass overhead, and its temperatures often surge drastically from day to night. Snow moderates these swings and that can be a…

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08.02.11 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Odd Thing Or Two About This Late Winter Time of Year

February + Landscape Design Know-How

Pink, Red, or Fuchsia? Most gardeners have gotten a catalog or two, or three…or more! Garden catalogs have their own language and after awhile one understands the lingo, but at first it can seem almost misleading. I wrote a page about deciphering catalogs a number of years ago. Garden catalog advice. Essentially the two major…

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06.02.11 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The Night The Ice Fell

2011 + February + Garden Stories and Memories + winter

“It was a dark and stormy night”… is how my uncle jokingly started the telling of some family history as we sat in the living room, all fully aware of the storm predictions and awaiting the next sidewalk report from my husband’s periodical trek to get the next load of wood for our stove. The…

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17.02.09 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Hellebore Happiness

February + Garden Perennial Plants + Plants

This month, during a couple visits to Whole Foods, I picked up some indoor pots of hellebores that were on sale. Considering that they are pricey to order, I have the enjoyment of blooms on my windowsill, and later (hopefully), three new hellebores to put into my garden this year -all for a sale price….

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04.02.09 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Home And Garden Show

2009 + February

The annual Home and Garden Show starts at the end of this month. It is a breath of spring for Central Ohio- which we will sorely need if Punxsutawney Phil is right about our extended winter. It’s a great place to get new ideas and see what’s happening in the Landscape and D-I-Y world. The…

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19.02.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Central Ohio Home & Garden Show

2008 + February + General gardening

Got cabin fever? Can hardly wait until warm weather and the spring season usher in the pleasure of growing a garden? Well, the time is just right for the Home and Garden show here in Central Ohio. The outside may be bleak , but once you walk through the doors of the Expo Center you…

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