A variety of woods, woodland gardens, orchard, grapes & veggie gardens in progress. We moved from the heart of Chicago to apprx. 6 acres off the back roads of Vermont in 2009. It's now our 3rd summer here and it's beginning to look like a garden here. In a couple more years it should be in pretty good shape.
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| WhitneyHill's Buzz Oct 30, 2011 | |
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Milton VT climate data http://perrysperennials.info/climate4a.html
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I added this link to Perry's Perennials website. He's a bit further north than us, but tons of useful information and interesting stuff and links. For those of us gardeners in colder climates. ... more » |
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Gardening this year? |
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Gardening is great this year - but so much family stuff happening too busy to post much these days. When the snow files will start to catch up. |
| WhitneyHill's Buzz Oct 29, 2011 | |
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snow - seven inches possible tomorrow night. can't quite believe it but that's the way it goes. our crops are harvested and guess we're ready.
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| WhitneyHill's Buzz Jun 12, 2011 | |
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Planted phlox, hobble bush, walking onions, verbascum & moved some lysimachia numularia to a new spot
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Gray day today but at least not raining. Received gift plants from last night's dinner guests & from the neighbor this morning. So after sleeping the morning away, did get out and get the g... more » |
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Sounds like the ideal day - and even the gray skies were perfect for the transplanting activities - and you didn't need to slather on the sunscreen! |
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Hi I'm Angel. I live outside of Chicago. I have 3 organic gardens, 5 chickens & 6 quail! |
| More plants? May 21, 2011 | |
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Cannot resist heading out to a local town plant sale to see what's for sale. Still have 5 quince to plant before driving to see family tomorrow, but what's a few more plants? |
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One can never have too many plants!! |
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Liz - thanks. They mostly had stuff I already have a lot of, but did come home with thalictrum & a cute little bronze ajuga. And I planted them too. |
| What's been added in the last couple weeks May 12, 2011 | |
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So I don't forget - here's what we got from the Windham County Conservation district & planted so far: |
| WhitneyHill's Buzz May 12, 2011 | |
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Added a bunch of lavender plants last week
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| Planted 3 hazelnut trees & 5 hazel-bert trees today May 12, 2011 | |||||
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| Finally, some pictures to add - I keep forgetting May 09, 2011 | |
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| WhitneyHill's Buzz Mar 05, 2011 | |
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And forgot to add, joined a new CSA - wildcarrotfarm.net is the website - and ordered plants from Windham County NRCD.
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| WhitneyHill's Buzz Mar 05, 2011 | |
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Still have about 2 feet of snow cover, but spring is in the air. Saw 3 robins so far, and have noticed a subtle pink tinge to the tree branches so trees are waking up.
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| A new little garden poem Feb 08, 2011 | |
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Garden under the white cold comfort I remember an asparagus bed lying in wait remember its green- yellow feathers bending in the sun last summer between wire windows of metal fence and there on the corner of a fencepost ... ...see more |
| WhitneyHill's Buzz Dec 31, 2010 | |
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Snow covering everything finally. Sunny, sunny now. Beautiful.
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| New media added Aug 21, 2010 | |
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Gardener's clogs were a yard sale find this summer by her mama. She's already outgrown them of course. Now she's in Osaka - where her mom is teaching - for a year or two. We hope to go se... more » |
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Exciting. Have you been to Japan ever? What a great thing to look forward to. There's a Japanese Garden on the site from Encino CA in Balboa Park, which has some good explaination of the ... more » |
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Have not been to Japan yet. Now that we live in VT, traveling is not so alluring - but with the kids world-hopping, guess we'll keep travel in the budget for awhile. There is so much to d... more » |
| 6/16/2010 Jun 16, 2010 | |
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So, have been out of the garden except sporadically, last few weeks. Generally due to lots of rain plus weaving new stuff and trying to meet some deadlines for new projects. However, I'm down to about 15 perennials to plant (for now) and Paul has been in the veggie garden and it's been looking good! We ate our first... ...see more |
| Well, still need to update photos but have been planting Whole garden Jun 04, 2010 | |
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Care activities:
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