Category Archives: gardening

Spring is exciting!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Laura

We have an abundance of leaves on our new maple: And lily of the valley: Hooray!

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I think my streptocarpella is happy!!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Laura
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At Last!

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Laura

Here are a few pictures from last weekend’s craziness…B.T (before tree) Nik and I, hard at work – note my rockin’ hat!   And here’s the tree – with all the tennis kids on our porch in the background! This … Continue reading →

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The maple is planted!

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Laura

It’s 4:20 – we started at 9:30, took a break for lunch, got the maple hole dug, a good start on the redbud hole, and just now finished planting the maple.  I haven’t showered and we have 15-20 tennis players … Continue reading →

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Some pictures from the last couple weeks

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Laura

We just finished up our high stakes state testing last Thursday.  During that time, I had a mixed group of kids, who weren’t testing for various reasons.  So we did origami!  One student, O from Israel, really had fun with … Continue reading →

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Lots of digging ahead

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Laura

Today, Nik and I went to Poor Boys, our local garden store to buy a tree.  We’d already planned on getting a Red Sunset Maple, which is a native tree in Maryland (and much of the East Coast for that … Continue reading →

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A Busy Saturday

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Laura

Saturday morning, this is what I got at the Farmers’ Market: Pretty slim pickings right now but pay closer attention to these: What you see is a praying mantis egg case and a piece of sassafras wood.  The asparagus (in … Continue reading →

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Signs of Spring

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Laura

Nik likes to call this picture, “Cutting the Grass, Wendell Berry Style”  See our nice, new push mower?  Nik likes it much better than our old, smelly, heavy gas mower! (These are peonies, right?  I didn’t even know we had … Continue reading →

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Local or organic?

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Laura

Nik found this interesting article the other day.  Which is better?  Local vs. organic?  Is local the new organic?  It’s worth the longish read – definitely food for thought. 

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Jasmine and jade

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Laura

Here’s my birthday present from Nik!  Anyone have any tips for raising a jasmine plant inside?  I’m really excited to have one but the reading that I’ve done makes them sound pretty finicky – especially to get them to bloom.  … Continue reading →

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