It has come to my attention that my approach to gardening, explained in my July 13, blog hit a nerve with a couple friends with whom I had wine recently. They knew I was moving annuals around, pulling perennials out,

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I sat on the patio last night and am currently enjoying it this evening. Have watered my plants, since the sprinklers go on only Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. And it’s Saturday, a blistering hot Saturday at that.

I can’t tell

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This summer season I had my flower gardens planted before Memorial Day. And this morning I redid some of them.

Removed the blue and pink wildflowers (which weren’t supposed to be here in the first place) and the jumbo yellowish

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It was on a whim – well, maybe at the suggestion of one of the flower stands’ employees – that I bought four cauliflower and four broccoli plants for this year’s garden. Then I went home and studied the internet

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It’s past the middle of May and Memorial Day Weekend is in sight. Where I live it’s now considered safe to plant one’s gardens, although the farmers have been planting for some time. Perhaps wheat and soybeans are hardier than

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The weather forecast has dictated my recent activities regarding my gardens. If it’s warm, but not hot and with little wind, I cancel other projects to dig in the dirt.

Spring is early this year; usually I don’t even consider

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Yes, I try to blog every day; but I don’t always make it. Yes, I feel guilty when I miss a day. But, at my age, not so guilty that I beat myself up about it. No, there is never … finish reading Answers to Your Questions