Member profile for kathymccown
 Gardening since 1988
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I live in Alaska and we keep bees, grow fruit trees, a garden, and raise chickens. I have gardened all my life, but I put 1988 here because that is when my husband and I started gardening. It is so different gardening and raising animals here in Alaska, as we moved here from Texas about 12 years ago. Still haven't gotten used to it. But we do grow enough to share, so I guess we are doing OK.
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Our Rude Awakenings Alaska Garden Palmer, AK
Our garden at this home started two years ago when we moved here. We can't use any poisons for bugs because we also have bees. So we plowed up the spot where the previous owners kept their horses, and we have not had to fertilize yet, either. This is so different...
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Our Grounds Des Moines, IAOrnamental, beds and borders where evergreen conifers and deciduous shrubs mingle with perennials, bulbs, and a few favorite annuals. Some Iowa prairie plants such as side-oats grama grass. A still-water, self-maintaining...
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UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
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Allotment on the dike Schellingwoude, Netherlands
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Claire
After years of being on the waiting list, on 4 June 2011 I finally got a garden allotment (known as volkstuin in Dutch). It's just a 15-minute bike ride from home, at the back of an old Dutch dike - and has a little...
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Boston Fenway Victory Garden Boston, MA
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Kristen
In the early spring the daffodils and tulips start to poke out of the ground...the 2 lilac bushes begin their blooms soon after. During mid-May, I begin to add veggie, herb, and annual plantings. Also, my parents bring...
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Your Entomolo-Garden Oakland, CAWelcome to the Insect News Network on YourGardenShow! The I.N.N. travels the globe to learn how people think and feel about our 6- and 8-legged friends. The I.N.N. is a non-stop, multi-media interdisciplinary plunge...
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The Green Gardener in Herald, California Herald, CAGreetings from Herald, CA. Located just South East of Sacramento by 20 miles. Millions of grape vines cover the Herald landscape and vegetables grow well here with a good compost pile to nourish our Green Garden....
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Patterns of Growth Fremont, CAMy garden is my art, literally. I grow plants so I can photograph them in new and interesting ways. There is such a variety of plants in the San Francisco Bay Area and I pluck not only from my yard, but along the trail...
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Our Rude Awakenings Alaska Garden Palmer, AK
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kathymccown
Our garden at this home started two years ago when we moved here. We can't use any poisons for bugs because we also have bees. So we plowed up the spot where the previous owners kept their horses, and we have not...
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YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA
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The-Busy-Bee
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| Favorite vegetable: | Potatoes |
| Favorite flower: | I can't make up my mind. Sweet Peas or Morning Glories or hibiscus? |
| Favorite tree / shrub: | Wisteria or Mountain Laurel |
| Gardening organizations: | Other |
| Favorite park / arboreteum: | my yard of course!! |
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