Monday, March 21, 2011

Groundcovers

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The most widely planted groundcover in today’s landscape is turf grass. Most of the time it succeeds in providing a suitable cover. Yet, som...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Bulbs in full bloom…

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Bulbs in full bloom…can spring be far away? When the leaves of spring-flowering bulbs emerge, advice says to apply a complete fertilizer. Us...
Monday, March 7, 2011

Now Flowering - March 2011

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Now blooming in my yard Iris hollandica a bulb that flowers in mid to late spring for 2-3 weeks. Plants are about 20 inches tall. Planting d...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Composting

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It felt a lot like spring today at 76 degrees. Seemed like a good day to turn the compost. I started this compost pile with a layer of brown...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Great Backyard Bird Count

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I'm getting ready for The 2011 GBBC will take place Friday, February 18, through Monday, February 21. I've downloaded my Regional ch...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Bulbs: a sign of spring

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While walking back from taking scraps to the compost I noticed that a hyacinth bloom was starting to break the surface of the soil. Can spri...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Garden Checklist for February

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Spring is not far off here in the Lowcountry and time to go over the garden checklist for February. · Get my soil sample to Clemson Extensio...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

What’s growing in January?

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What’s growing in January? It has been unusually cold this winter and I was surprised to see I still had a few vegetables and herbs in my ga...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

January the quietest month in the garden

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"January is the quietest month in the garden. ... But just because it looks quiet doesn't mean that nothing is happening. The so...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

January in the Garden

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I like to take a slow walk in the garden in January to evaluate the structure of the garden and decide what might need to be added or remove...