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Tag Archives: mulch
Farewell My Butternut!
More garden cleaning, this time in Smith. I’m performing this task a little at a time to allow for proper good-byes for remembering our time together. Too many partings all at once from these familiar friends is a burden. I need … Continue reading
Posted in Garden: A Love Story
Tagged butternut squash, fall, garden, mulch, rot, vines
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Green Explosion
Mid-July, 2011 Smith gives me joy right now. Plants explode from its surface for many reasons. We’ve had a few good soaking rains over the last days, always excellent. One good rain is better than two or three manual waterings. … Continue reading
Posted in Garden: A Love Story
Tagged butternut squash, corn, green, lush, manure, mulch, plants, rain, summer garden, tomatoes
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Speed Gardening!
A nagging malaise accompanied me home from work today. I didn’t know why or what it wanted with me. It just was. For the third blazing hot day in a row my poor gardens, Smith, Jones and the Lorelei, were … Continue reading
Posted in Garden: A Love Story
Tagged garden, gardening, heat, mulch, thunderstorm, watering
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First (Soil) Amendment Day
Yesterday was First (soil) Amendment Day (of the season). I claimed my right (and accepted my responsibility) to enrich the soil in my gardens. I like doing that work because it’s physical, good old-fashioned labor that invigorates. I also like … Continue reading
Steaming Spring Ferment
A rite of spring in this gardened, landscaped, greenspaced city on a hill is the annual Application of the Mulch. This Festival begins mid to late March and continues through much of April. Walking to work from the bus stop … Continue reading
Posted in Garden: A Love Story, Whitecaps on the Potomac
Tagged compost, decay, excrementish, ferment, microbes, microorganisms, mulch, wood chips
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