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Sheila Lennon


Wisteria seedpods dangle from my arbor now

wisteria_pods_560.jpg 10:23 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

American wisteria seedpods with raindrops I'm growing American wisteria, entwined as part of a crowd of clematis and morning glories on a wooden arbor. As I walked under it, I bumped into a giant green bean (or a small......

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Projo blogs upgrade set for Saturday

7:00 AM Thu, Jun 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Saturday morning we plan to upgrade the active projo blogs to a new version of the Movable Type software. All blogs will remain available during this process. Afterwards you’ll see a new look and some new features, and we’ll welcome......

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Why I have no sunny garden spot

11:19 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Click photo to enlarge it. Why I have no sunny garden spot: Lilacs against maple and oak in my yard, photographed facing east. Had I known, I would have pulled up those maples when they were charming saplings. The......

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Really cheap bulb sale online

9:17 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Online garden site Touch of Nature is offering Spring 2008 Vendor Specials that are a great opportunity to flood your landscape with color. Sample prices: Red, white, or pink caladiums, 50 for $12 Mixed gladiolus, 100 for $5 Peony Sarah......

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Bowling ball garden art

12:00 AM Mon, Apr 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Bowling Ball Garden Art. I kid you not. BEYOND THE LANES Everyone thinks that the perfect bowling ball is one that hits the mark. But what happens to a bowling ball when it no longer "performs" the way you'd......

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Stunning flower photos to get your sap rising

10:22 AM Sat, Mar 29, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Hyacinth, Arkadiusz Kotlewski Stunning gallery of flowers (and some mushrooms) by Polish-born photographer Arkadiusz Kotlewski, now living in The Netherlands and working as an aerospace engineer at Delft Institute of Technology. It's obvious his real passion is photography. Start......

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Garden-catalog search launches at Mother Earth News

1:20 AM Sat, Mar 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Mother Earth News magazine has launched a handy tool, a Seed and Plant Finder It's a Google-based specialized search of more than 150 garden catalogs, with an emphasis on vegetables, to start, although flowers and herbs turn up, too. It's......

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