Category: plants
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That Rainy Day Feeling
I love those days when it is softly raining. Maybe a bit of thunder. I’ve been able to enjoy many of those days this summer since it has been wet. We’ve had all day rains. Spotty rain. And torrential rain. And living in a forest the rain is loud. I enjoy staying in on rainy…
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Midsummer Check in
This summer has been rather hazy, due to the Canadian wildflowers. The forest has filtered a lot of the smoke, but ever so often I get a whiff of what smells like campfire. Views over Lake Michigan are gray with no horizon line. The tomatoes and peppers are doing well. I need to keep on…
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Summer Has Arrived
The weather is finally warm enough to open windows and go outside in a t-shirt. The astronomical first day of summer is June 20 but I will take summer weather whenever I can get it. Lake Michigan is still in the 50s so too cold for me to jump in. The lake is warmest in…
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Northern Michigan Gardening: Embracing Spring’s Arrival
It Starts in Autumn On a sunny, warm autumn day, when the leaves were just past peak, I spent an afternoon planting spring bulbs. I planted 100 snowdrop bulbs in groups of 5 in the front shade garden close to the house. I also naturalized bulbs in the back lawn. I naturalized a mixture of…
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