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Romantic Chair Planter

July 15 update: My chair planter is doing well despite some pretty intense summer heat. The geraniums haven’t filled out yet. It’s probably time for a feeding and a haircut. Ta da! June 7 update (8:43 p.m.) Ok, I found the “CocoPeat”, in the...

New green pot from Bushnell’s

This gorgeous warm green pot was on sale at Bushnell’s. The plants are from Bushnell’s and Capital (Sunrise). As is my way, I bought a little bit of this and a little bit of that and didn’t even decide what was going in the pot until I got home. The...

First zucchini of the season

I’m thinking… sliced and sauteed in a little olive oil with salt and cracked pepper. The variety is a bush type called ‘Gold Rush’, by the way. These zukes are in a half-barrel, which might account for their earliness. I’ve also had a...

The right fountain at the right price

My parents bought a house that came with a monstrously oversized fountain complete with spouting lions. It was in a circular bed surrounded by pavement. I can’t even remember if there were plants in the bed. All you saw was lions. They lived with it for awhile...