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Today’s Garden Twenty: Raking, Waking and Shopping

Twenty minutes isn’t much time… which is a great thing! Today it was just enough time to:

  • admire the snowdrops that are blooming in the lilac bed;
  • rake the mulch away from the asparagus so the sun can start stirring them to action;
  • rake the mulch away from the lengthy bed that will be our pea garden.

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    By 20 Minute Jim – March 29, 2008

    Project Vineyard: Free Grape Cuttings

    We’ve mostly used our local “free-cycle” mailing list to discard no longer needed items. Similar lists serve various parts of North America at least, the most famous of which is craigslist. What we like about “free-cycle” is that everything is exchanged for free. Last month an ad came up for free grape cuttings suitable for crafts or propagation. This opportunity seemed something we couldn’t pass up, even though we have little experience with propagating cuttings. Continued…

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    By 20 Minute Jim – March 23, 2008

    What NOT to Compost

    There are so many items that can be composted that you’d think compost bins all over would be bulging with stuff-turning-to-rich-organic-soil. (And they most certainly could!) Even so, there are a few items that we’d strongly recommend the home-composter to steer clear of trying to compost. Continued…

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    By 20 Minute Jan – March 19, 2008

    Rhubarb Dreams – and a CALL FOR RECIPES!

    We’ve had two good days largely above freezing. The warm weather has made good progress toward melting the snow that covered our garden beds, even if it’s left our dirt driveway rather “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful” as I think e e cumings would say. I walked to lunch without zipping my coat let alone pulling on my gloves. But most importantly, the warmer weather has rekindled a hankering for rhubarb. Continued…

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    By 20 Minute Jim – March 14, 2008

    Raspberry Trellis: Winter Silhouette

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    In the winter snow, the raspberry trellis creates a lovely silhouette and shadow design in the back corner of the garden. Jim posted his directions, sketches, and photos previously on our garden blog. Although I love those pictures of the trellis and the black raspberry canes (and I love the black raspberries on those bushes!), the greenery covers up the trellis. In winter, the trellis stands on its own. Continued…

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    By 20 Minute Jan – March 12, 2008