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Continue reading →: Growing SolidagoGrowing Solidago in the suburban landscape. Three varieties for the home garden. Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ This goldenrod is modestly sized in the home garden, maturing at 3-4 feet. Its shape is tight and bushy on the bottom. I had this same plant in a more shade than sun situation, getting…
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Continue reading →: From Drought to FloodFrom drought to flood and back again. It was an especially wet start to August for some of us in the Southeastern U.S. states. Our clay soil was saturated and this can make conditions tougher for plants than if it were a dry spell. And yet another dry spell was…
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Continue reading →: Christmas in JulyI’m continuing to create holiday cards with Concord & 9th (C9)’s Ornamental Die & Stamp Set in this week’s craft project. We made backgrounds using C9’s Deck the Halls Turnabout™ Stamp. In my first set of cards we die cut the backgrounds with the ornament die for a colorful ornament…
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Continue reading →: Summer Shots: C2After a drier than normal yet pleasant spring, the heat kicked up towards the end of June and has not wanted to relent. Heat domes, blazing UVs, hardly any rain and yet the native bed is holding its own. This is the first summer in the ground, in this location,…
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Continue reading →: Christmas in JulyFor this year’s holiday cards I’m focusing on using two stamp and die sets from Concord & 9th (C9): the Ornamental Die & Stamp Set and Deck the Halls Turnabout™ Stamp. For these cards I have started with creating colorful designs using the Deck The Halls turnabout stamp in various…
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