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06.08.15 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Late August Good For Choosing And Planting Shrubs

Garden shrubs

People in my neck of the woods generally plant trees and shrubs in the spring, but early fall is just as good, if not better. Late August and early September in Ohio are often dry (perhaps not this year!), so some attention should be paid to making sure a newly planted bush is kept moist….

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29.08.11 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Hard Decisions

Garden shrubs

My garden, like myself, is no longer young and freshly planted. We have been here awhile, and the signs of maturity are equal parts dignified and disconcerting. Once this property was almost a blank space with few trees and mown grass, now it holds almost thirty years worth of plantings, some grown quite large. Large…

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01.05.09 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Time to prune Mugo pines

2009 + May + Mugo pines

Pruning this Shrub I started the other day: hand pruning the Mugo pines by cutting off the new candles midway down. Neglected it the past few years and my -now- small trees are spreading more than I like. So I just started snipping and finished 3/4 of one and will get them both done this…

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05.10.03 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

October Day in the Life

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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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