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02.08.18 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Mid-Ohio Gardening Update

2018 + How's the weather?

The weather has proved unusual, and here is the impact for my garden; plus some jots about other notable conditions and effects. It has been far wetter than usual, and then there is the inverted effect of our temperatures… June was as miserable as any July-August might have been. The heat and humidity was horrible…

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01.07.16 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The Blog Move Finally Gets Attention

2016

This blog had 1000plus postings and was moved to its own domain with a new WordPress platform. It has taken awhile to get to cleaning up everything around here, especially while trying to adjust the theme and look and write new posts! The gist of it is that I am today fixing old posts, getting…

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23.06.16 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Garden Update And Late Starts

2016 + Garden Stories and Memories + My Place

Every year I promise I won’t go AWOL during the main growing season of the garden. Just so I will get everything done and catch up with the past year’s neglect. but every year I manage to break those unspoken, informal vows. Usually family related, but sometime through the call of far off places I…

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24.10.15 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Autumnal Sweetness

2015 + Uncategorized

The door is closing on this growing season. To make up for the sense of loss, somehow the season has incredible sweetness. Frost has that effect on things. On fruits, on the the ground, on our souls. It is as if to placate our mournful sense that the pleasant days of fall will give way…

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17.09.15 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Monarch Butterflies In The Garden

2015

This year I saw a big uptick of Monarchs, along with many other types of butterflies in my garden. The most promising thing is the many Monarch caterpillars that I see happily munching on my plants. I don’t begrudge them. The garden has lots of Milkweed in it ( grown just for Danaus plexippus), but surprisingly…

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06.01.15 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

New Year, New Look, New Plans

2015

What’s Ahead Christmas Roses More Video in 2015 The blog has a new look. In keeping with the changes of the internet,i.e. more mobile users, I attempt to create a more functional design. You may notice the emphasis on including a video gallery. That is the direction I hope to go this year- always choosing…

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03.01.15 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

2014 Garden Retrospective

2014 + year in review

American Meadows had sent me some seeds. They bloomed well, but I didn’t get many pictures of them. I was neglectful of the garden, while visiting family for almost 2 months. In many ways, the garden season of 2014 was challenging. The losses were probably the result of cumulative stresses, but I am sure that…

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06.10.14 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Word To The Wise

2014 + Seasons

Do you wait around for the last minute to put your gardens to bed for the winter? That may not be the best thing to do this year. Winter seems to be fast approaching in many areas, and Ohio might get cold quickly. In 2013, the deep cold came with the Thanksgiving holiday, and in…

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20.09.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The Growing Season Review

2014 + the REAL world + year in review

July looked best You know how people like to summarize their year during December and especially at the turn of the year? Well, this is that time for Gardeners. Premature you say? For me, I will yet again be absent from my garden and al that remains for me to do this year is planting…

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01.08.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Winding Up July

2014 + How's the weather?

I didn’t say “Hot enough for you?” once this month. Not that I am given to using that phrase, anyway, but the weather in Ohio could not have been more beautiful. We had “Polar vortex” in July. Normally I write off this month in terms of garden work. Only mad dogs and Midwesterners work in the heat…

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