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2013

24.12.13 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Looking Frontwards and Backwards

2013 + 2014 + General gardening

We develop sort of an owl-like vision where we swivel our view to face the direct past or look into the future. I guess it is part of the planning process that leads to our New Year’s divide, resulting in resolutions and plans. This past year was, overall, a good gardening year for me; although…

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09.12.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Photos From The Past Year

2013 + Garden photos + year in review

Autumn glory of Pyracantha Wooded walk with the family Even an unkempt yard has beauty Beautiful Therese Bugnet Snow lines the brush along a stream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Visit Ilona’s Garden Journal on facebook: Click here © 2013 written for Ilona’s Garden Journal by Ilona E. An excellent blog.

05.10.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

The Beauty Of Simplicity

2013 + The Garden Effect : Soul

Too often I complicate things. Design, schedules, life, conversations, in all these things I am a complex person who likes detail and intricacy. But therein is my great appreciation of simplicity. Sometimes all that busyness gets tiring, overwhelming, and the sweet refreshment of something simple stands out with such beauty that it makes me pause…

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13.08.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

One Thing I Miss In Blogging

2013

Stream in the park on a sunny day.  You know what I miss about the older way of blogging? The blogroll. It used to be my favorite way of discovering garden blogs to read, and keep up with ones I liked. I never cottoned to the RSS readers, somehow. This page once had an active…

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24.07.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Going To My First Garden Blogger Conference

2013 + An Armchair Gardener

For Garden Bloggers  I always wanted to attend one of those Garden Blogger conferences that have been held in years past, but could never work out all the logistics. Now there is an official sort of conference being held in Atlanta and I decided to go ahead and commit, even though I felt the fee…

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07.03.13 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Winter Gets Weaker

2013 + Seasons + snow

Winter can’t possibly hang on, it knows that… and each passing week it gets weaker ( teeny tiny pun there). Yet, until sometime in May we can get frosts. Recently we got walloped with a snowstorm here in Ohio and some of it is still on the ground today. I have taken lots of photos…

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16.02.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

15 Lesser Known, But No Less Great Garden Websites

2013 + An Armchair Gardener + Garden blogs

In the explosion of garden websites and blogs, it seems we usually visit and talk about the same old usual suspects. Some of which I don’t find all that great, for my purposes, anyway; but lately as I have been writing and looking for more information I have found some garden information gems. It inspired…

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24.01.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Is Your Garden Blog Worthy?

2013 + Uncategorized

I bet it is! Even in the middle of winter, in the deep freeze of January, there are interesting things that keep a gardener busy. Of course for someone like me who just pretty much wants to hibernate, there is always something like Zazzle to keep you occupied. I made this design with just words. …

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