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By joenesgarden, 1 year and 5 months ago

Houseplants: old friends and new

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMy houseplants receive minimal care – sometimes  neglect – while I'm preoccupied with outdoor gardening. But almost without fail, they thrive. They seem to know that my attention will again focus their way when cold nights turn to cold days and forces the bulk of my gardening attention inside. My houseplants understand that they  - not the showy iris or the ripening tomatoes - sooth my gardening urges when most everything on the outside of the glass is winter brown or covered with glistening snow.

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By joenesgarden, 1 year and 6 months ago

A cold, white reminder

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Much of Connecticut awoke this morning to snow falling from the sky and sticking to the ground. It's November 8. Unlike more northern New England states, most of Connecticut usually remains snow-free until December or at the earliest, Thanksgiving.

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By joenesgarden, 1 year and 7 months ago

Grasses gone wild: GOOPs (gardening oops) October

The first of October brings my monthly post on gardening faux pas, or blunders, or oops – I'll call them gardening oops or GOOPs for short. I've gardened a long time and have taken many missteps along the way. On the first of each month I share one of my GOOPs with the hope that others might learn from, rather than copy, my missteps. If you are so inclined to join this GOOPs meme, simply share your GOOPs in a comment below or leave a link below to the GOOPs you've posted on your blog.

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By joenesgarden, 1 year and 8 months ago

I splurged.

I've been really good at not purchasing a lot of plants for my gardens this summer … too many other things to take care of and too little time. But when I ran across Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Summer Sorbet' with its showy green leaf variegation and striking electric blue blossoms, I caved.

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By joenesgarden, 1 year and 8 months ago

The buzz on bees

If you are not one who swats and retreats at the first sign of a bee buzz-by, I bet you know someone who does. Friend, fellow blogger, and landscape designer Debbie, at A Garden of Possibilities, wrote a fantastic post on bees as part of the Garden Designers Roundtable group she is part of.

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  • Morning Discoveries in the Garden:
    • joenesgarden: So glad to know I brought an early morning smile, Benita.
    • Benita: Lovely post-early morning coffee and a stroll through the "garden of best friends is a lovely ritual for me, too. Thanks for instigating my happy garden grin this morning! Benita
  • A Connecticut garden in May:
    • Andrew @ Gardening tips and Ideas: Clematis, Iris, Ferns and Peonies, all in one garden A true delight Thank you for sharing
    • joenesgarden: Laurrie, I hope you share photos of all these buds when they are in full bloom then I can enjoy yours when mine have passed peak.
    • Laurrie: Your blooms are lovely and precocious I think! Like Layanee's, my clematis is only in bud, yours are so much further along. And my iris (I have Beverly Sills too) is only budding, nowhere near open yet. How different each garden is, even in the same general area. Happy Spring!
    • Layanee: Your clematis are so much further along than mine. Mine are still in bud but I do have high hopes of blooms soon. It is a lusty month of May this year isn't it?
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    • Heather: How sweet! And I love mum-mum instead of grandma. My mom goes by Meemaw. :)

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