By joenesgarden, 5 months and 14 days ago

Small wonders in the garden

Sometimes colors and interest in the garden are provided by the smallest of creatures. It's easy to miss these tiny wonders of nature unless you take time to really look at the life that occurs in the tight and smaller spaces of a garden that has never been inundated by herbicides and pesticides. The longer my gardens are in place, the more I find these everyday, but spectacular, creatures. For this post, photos speak louder than words.

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By joenesgarden, 5 months and 19 days ago

Newsy Notes: Plant Pathogens, Butterflies, Invasive Plant Spread

Newsy Notes features quick explanations of research related to the  growing of plants. I come across this research during my daily sweep of plant-related information. I found the items noted below of particular interest. Follow the links for more in depth reading on each topic. The following were all published by ScienceDaily.

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By joenesgarden, 5 months and 24 days ago

Rainy Connecticut for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day

With my Connecticut gardens receiving soaking downpours – pushing three inches of rain since early yesterday morning – I have some soggy additions to the August 2011 Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Carol, at May Dreams Gardens hosts this garden-fest on the fifteenth of each month so garden bloggers from all over the world can share what's blooming in their gardens.

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By joenesgarden, 5 months and 25 days ago

Do deer tweet?

Sounds like a silly question … but they must. They recently had a tweet-up in my gardens. I'm not a tweeterer, so I didn't find out until the nighttime event was over.

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By joenesgarden, 6 months and 7 days ago

Don’t count your tomatoes … a gardening oops

It's the first of August. It's GOOPs day …  the day for my monthly gardening oops post.  I share a gardening blunder of my own and offer you the chance to do the same.

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