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01.07.14 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

What I’m Weeding Out

garden chores + weeding

Catching Up With Summer Working Away At the Frontline I swore to myself I wouldn’t do this, but I miscalculated how much I wanted to spend time with grandkids (even though it meant numerous 9 hr. trips). I am now playing catch up with the garden weeds, long grass, and a veritable jungle out there….

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05.03.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Garden Chores For March, No Digging Yet

garden chores + How's the weather? + spring

Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn‘ buds on ice No real attempts at garden chores yet, but not everyone is like Ohio, still in the throes of winter. There were some blue skies, yesterday, however! I will likely remember this winter for a long time to come. On Ilona’s Garden some new pages were posted (1) a chores reminder…

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07.07.11 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Mid July Chores

garden chores + gardening tips + July

It finally heated up and this is what we expect in July: hot muggy weather. It is time to keep up with the weeds, hoeing them out in the morning means that the hot sun is killing the weeds and not you. Afternoons are made for sipping lemonade in the shade of a tree. Look…

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26.02.04 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Emerald Ash Borer

Landscape Trees

I wanted to comment on the emerald ash borer news, but procrastinated. Apologies. Anyway, I read an article in the paper that reported Ohio was going to implement some drastic measures to eliminate the ash borer that has been located in Northeastern Columbus area and in the Northwestern part of the state. Cut down lots…

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13.09.03 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

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The Garden Effect : Soul

Garden Wisdom Today I discovered that I left the hose going all night and flooded the area around the pond. Glad I walked around the yard early! Yesterday I moved some plants out of the main garden to make room for the campanula, ‘Blue Clips ‘, in the front. I have no idea whether the…

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