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11.10.03 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

October State of the Garden

autumn + Day in the life

It is a beautiful autumn day. Sunshine, clear skies, and changing foliage, warm with gentle breezes. A beautiful day. October, and Where Are All the Flower Bulbs? I went to the stores (several) looking for crocus bulbs and bone meal. This is the height of the bulb planting season, right? All the fall planting areas…

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05.10.03 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

October Day in the Life

Day in the life

It has been very cool, with frosts in the mornings this past week. The asters were somewhat disappointing this year due to whatever frizzled up the foliage and flowers. The garden has been lush due to all the rains, but some things don’t much like this. Petunias are very sorry looking without the usual Midwestern…

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miscanthus grasses

20.09.03 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Grasses

Plants

Grasses I live in what is basically a savannah/grassland area. For me, my biggest weed problem has been invading grass and Canada thistles (and of course the ubiquitous dandelion). So why am I now investigating ? It is a Madison Avenue-type success story. A matter of exposing people to the value and use of certain…

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