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Yes… MORE Garden Photos

Posted on08. Aug, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I hope you’re not sick and tired of garden photos. Because I’m surely not tired of taking them! I could gaze at them for hours. So I feel compelled to inflict you, as well, muahahaha!
This is the time when everything finally bursts into color. Because I use only perennials and late-flowering shrubs in my garden, [...]

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My Blue Hydrangeas Won’t Bloom!

Posted on07. Aug, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I’ve had these Nikko Blue Hydrangea plants for YEARS. They bloomed the first two years, and after that, NOTHING. I cannot figure it out.

One Plant Guy told me to cut them down in autumn, and new blooms would appear in the spring. Nothing. Another Plant Guy told me to leave the shrubs alone (no trimming) [...]

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Miscellaneous Gorgeous Garden Photos

Posted on02. Aug, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

My gardens always come into beautiful bloom about this time of year. Here are my pride and joy– the gorgeous Stargazer Lily. The scent is knock-off-your-socks heavenly.

The Asian lilies are beautiful, too.

Here is my beloved Secret Garden on full bloom, finally!

Mandeville plant with Black-Eyed Susans.

My first year with grapes are doing well.

Unfortunately, the [...]

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Weed Hacking and Building Gardens

Posted on25. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

This yard, where half of it is gravel beneath turf, and the other half is completely waterlogged, is very difficult to cultivate. When we bought the place, it was horribly overgrown. It has been a decade of hacking, digging, sweating, screaming, and crying to plant ANYTHING here. The good thing is that we are old [...]

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Adding to Our Walkway!

Posted on16. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

We FINALLY got a break in the clouds and rain, enabling us to continue building our Secret Garden walkway. So far, we’ve done this in three stages. This year, we busted sod and removed a good-sized portion of the lawn, adding to this garden. And this allowed us to continue our concrete walkway. It’s looking [...]

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