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2010

20.10.10 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

Autumn Morning Musings

2010 + autumn + Garden photos + October

Finally, the rain came, not to slake the thirst of the earth, but just to moisten the tongue. The month began with some of the mists and morning fog that often shrouds the morning of an autumn day in Ohio; the leaves dropped in mostly brown tones, and the chrysanthemums and asters came on smaller…

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24.08.10 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The “what did you do over summer” essay

2010 + summer

Remember the first days of school when you were a kid? There were always the obligatory “What I Did This Summer” essays that were supposed to sum up our activities- as a way to segue back into the halls of Academia. Leaving the fresh air and sunshine behind, we gazed through school windows and tried…

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25.06.10 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Endless Collages

2010

Not really. Just two collages highlighting the Endless Summer Hydrangea. My soil is neutral to alkaline, and unless I add acidifier the bloom colors will not be blue. This year has been extra wet and hydrangeas love the water, so bloom has been good. 2010 has not been the norm, the mophead hydrangeas are much…

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16.06.10 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Wet And Wild – Rural Observations

2010 + garden chores + How's the weather?

That would sum up the weather this month so far. By now every Ohio Gardener is talking (and complaining) about how wet it is and wondering when we will see the sunshine of June! My vegetable garden is sprinkled with ominous, tiny weed sprouts, but we are mostly mowing and trying to keep up with…

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31.05.10 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

AWOL Garden Blogging

2010

I didn’t mean to… I simply have gotten lost inside the Dante-esque seven terraces of Mount Purgatory which are my closets and “junk room”. After more than a decade of promising, threatening, and bargaining with myself, to organize and clean this shameful part of my life (my total inability to keep house!)… it is happening….

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13.05.10 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Spring Details 2010

2010 + Garden photos

More Spring Photos from the garden…. heuchera foliage Will Goodwin Clematis pale pink columbine Double Pink Columbine pale blue columbine Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. ~ Robert…

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12.05.10 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Spring 2010

2010 + Garden photos + spring

Sunset driveway scene; Lilac trimmed to treelike shape containers begun; Princess Irene tulip closeup; Tulips bent by rain.  I planted lots of tulipa “Renown” last fall. Queen of the Bartigons is a perennial tulip… it has lasted here for more than fifteen years, and is always beautiful.

03.05.10 | Ilona Erwin | 6 Comments

Just a Short ‘What’s Up’

2010 + May + spring

Just dropping in to let all my blog friends know that I have not forgotten about them or posting in my blog… it is just the fact that it is spring! I have been outside gardening (hope you will forgive me for that;) until my body aches, off to plant stores, and even helping out…

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06.04.10 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

Garden Update April 2010

2010 + spring

I’ve been busy in the garden lately. We finally had some weather that invited work and planting, and actually became just a tad dry.  Started out with the usual cleanup of branches, perennial debris from last season, etc. Then tackled the autumn clematis that had overgrown (“overgrown” is a word that could be quite descriptive…

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08.03.10 | Ilona Erwin | 3 Comments

Tip-toeing into Spring

2010 + seed starting + tomatoes

I went to the Home and Garden show last Wednesday – it sure was crowded. One benefit was that I purchased some tomato seeds to start. This year is particularly good year to have a later start on indoor seeds, since the harsh winter is still with us here (even though temperatures are rising and…

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