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This week in the garden: the garden thrives in the July heat while its gardener wilts.
“Do what we can, summer will have its flies.” Ralph Waldo Emerson When I was growing up, the city I live in used to pave the side streets with something called “chipseal”. Chipseal is tar/asphalt mixed with aggregate (small rocks). … Continue reading
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Tagged black-eyed susan, daylilies, drought, globe thistle, irises, summer heat
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This week in the garden: summer has arrived!
There is nothing I like better at the end of a hot summer’s day than taking a short walk around the garden. You can smell the heat coming up from the earth to meet the cooler night air. Peter Mayle … Continue reading
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