112 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Sept. 15, 2008
Yesterday Rick & I headed to Whistling Gardens (my local tree “fix”) to get some fall deals.
I had a list and stuck to it, miraculously!! Perhaps it was because Rick was with me, haha! :)
I went for a Butterfly Bush (but they had run out) a hydrangea, and a Rose of Sharon. I’ll try growing my Rose of Sharon from seed as well, but for now, I want to have a good chance of growing one successfully. Instead of the Butterfly Bush I bought a… some...
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248 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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May 2, 2008
Last year, I purchased a pawpaw tree and a nannyberry. Two weeks after planting, one of them was attached by the lawnmower. I couldn’t remember which tree was which and so I’ve lost one but don’t know which one.
Today I went back to my tree nursery and purchased a second Nannyberry. Of the two it is the nannyberry that I really don’t want to lose. So I either now have 2 nannyberries and no pawpaws or I have, once again, one pawpaw and one nannyberry. ...
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386 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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I thought it was would be nice to show you my front yard and what better day to take the pictures than today!
Here is a photo taken from my front door: On the left side is our grand ol’ lady the maple that only has a few years left, sadly. In the area between that maple and the evergreen on the right, near the road, is my Carolinian Forest: the dogwood tree, redbud, Canadian Maple. In front of the evergreen is the tulip tree. And, just behind the little shrub in the middle area is a...
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394 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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My neck of the woods, in Southwestern Ontario, is the very farthest northern tip of the Carolinian Forest. (Another half hour north of me and the environment has changed.)
“Carolinian Forest” is exactly what the name says—- forest from the Carolinas.
Due to farming, nature, and man’s stupidity, we have lost a lot of the Carolinian trees in this area so my goal is to make my own little Carolinian forest in my front yard.
My property used to be a farm, and has s...
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