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A succulent dish for the patio table is fun and easy to do
A succulent wreath for the table top container. It even has a center hole for the umbrella. I did an article for the current Northern Gardener magazine on succulents and the many choices available the… more →
Garden Drama
winter comes early?
northcountryfaire wrote 1 month ago: We usually don't get a lot of snow until Nov. by then the trees are bare and everything is brown … more →
Autum Harvest
northcountryfaire wrote 2 months ago: washing root veggies from my heirloom gardens The cold, wet July has departed. Now it is September. … more →
Rainy Days
northcountryfaire wrote 4 months ago: A rainbow -- as seen from my back porch. The days have been so dreary lately. The southern part of … more →
A succulent dish for the patio table is fun and easy to do
Garden Drama wrote 4 months ago: A succulent wreath for the table top container. It even has a center hole for the umbrella. I did an … more →
Moose sighting in Minneapolis front yard
Garden Drama wrote 10 months ago: Moose sighting in Minneapolis. The elusive Minneapolis miniature front yard moose was spotted this w … more →
Boston Ivy puts on a show
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Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Boston Ivy on a brick apartment building in south Minneapolis. Stunning! The classic look of ivy cov … more →
Alas, all these green tomatoes in the garden
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Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Green tomatoes in a box Weather rumor has it (isn’t that about all a weather forecast really i … more →
Dusty Miller saved my gardening butt this summer
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Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Dusty Miller fills a pot. An accent plant that has always bored me a little worked its way into my h … more →
Heart Stump
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Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: This stump gives a bit of hope My dad once said “There is nothing sadder than a sick or dying … more →
Kiss my aster
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Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Purple perennial asters pop in the fall border I could kiss my perennial aster I love it so much. I … more →
Anyone can have a pond in their backyard
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Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: A diminutive pond makes a nice splash by the patio If my diminutive back 40 can support an aquatic e … more →
This is our dog Uli... she eats cucumbers in the garden
Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Our dog Uli who loves cucumbers And we’ve given up trying to stop her. I figure, there are worse thi … more →
Basil Hay Day
Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Basil in the vegetable garden Whenever I see a bouquet of basil at the grocery store for $5, I say a … more →
Late Summer Garden Memories of the Minnesota State Fair
Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Late Summer Garden with Garden Goat Do you have an iconic garden image or landscape design that stic … more →
To catch a butterfly photo
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Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: A yellow monarch on a "Firecracker" Zinnia Have you ever chased a butterfly around the gar … more →
Garden Firebowl
Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Firebowl lights up the sunset garden Bringing the element of fire to the garden adds heaps of drama … more →
California Poppies are welcome in Minnesota
Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: California poppies in a Minnesota garden I had been toting around a few packs of California Poppy se … more →
Confessions of a Nature Boy
Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: Catalpa trees I run with the wind sprites and cavort with the garden fairies. I admit it. I have eve … more →
Rhubarb: That Familiar Ruffled Mound
Garden Drama wrote 1 year ago: I am on a campaign to put a rhubarb plant, that king of perennial vegetables, in every garden in Ame … more →
