Category Archives: Gardening

The 2022 gardening year in review

Posted on January 26, 2023 by John Kevin Hickey

Mired as we are in the deepest and coldest part of winter, I thought I’d do a review of last year’s garden. Just to remind us that brighter days do lie ahead. As would be expected, the 2022 gardening year … Continue reading →

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Summer of our gardening discontent

Posted on August 1, 2022 by John Kevin Hickey

A gardener is one who attempts to achieve a vision in defiance of nature. And nature likes to throw out roadblocks and obstacles to remind the gardener just who is in charge. Every year there are challenges that the gardener … Continue reading →

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Spring in the garden: observations and a retrospective

Posted on June 21, 2022 by John Kevin Hickey

Spring of 2022 is now in the history books, for today is the first day of summer. I’ve decided to welcome the arrival of summer by taking a look back at the show the garden put on over the spring … Continue reading →

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