Category Archives: Summer

This week in the garden: the heat is on!

Posted on June 19, 2021 by John Kevin Hickey

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone. Jean-Jacques Rousseau The first day of summer is tomorrow, but here in the Vintage garden the summer heat is already making it’s presence felt. While much of the … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet September

Posted on September 6, 2020 by John Kevin Hickey

Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul… but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October.    Peggy Tony Horton I just want to state for … Continue reading →

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This week in the garden: past the halfway point of summer

Posted on August 9, 2020 by John Kevin Hickey

“When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.” Ralph Waldo … Continue reading →

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