Category: gardening
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I should have done it sooner. Should have known why sooner. For all my devotion to nasturtiums–bright, messy, self-seeding, edible–I had no idea that the little spur coming off the back of the flower is full of nectar. I’ve had them here and there in the garden, but this year I potted them up on…
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My mother-in-law, Helen Cherry, had a special love of roses. The family farm where she was born and raised west of Salem, continues to be alive with her roses many years after her passing. And now we have one of her roses in our yard, too, thanks to the simple technique of soft stem cuttings.…
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It’s almost prehistoric. And by that I mean big. It loves sopping wet soil. We have some of that in our back yard. Beside the gunnera is Craig, who is 6 feet tall. The gunnera could have him for lunch, if it were a carnivore. Fortunately it’s not. We don’t do anything, just make sure…
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