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Category Archive: Gardens and Management

Why do you garden?

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Every garden has to have an aim attached to it – otherwise it simply doesn’t make sense. A […]

Lise Jenkins September 17, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Change in the weather

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Soon, the weather will transition from one season to the next. It’s too hot outside to be enjoying […]

Lise Jenkins August 27, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Gardeners to educate and inspire

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Gardening is local: what works in your garden may, or may not, work in ours. Successful gardeners persevere, […]

Lise Jenkins August 1, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Lazy gardening

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This summer, what with dealing with a changing world due to COVID-19, Kit finds that she’s not as […]

Lise Jenkins July 14, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Homegrown national park

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Global pandemic, crazy weather, invading pests: things feel beyond my control — but only when I forget about […]

Lise Jenkins July 2, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

A lack of concentration

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Kit’s on day 27 of confinement. Because she is a member of the Silent Generation, she’s taking this […]

Lise Jenkins April 23, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management, Plants

Memory, color and ease

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Like a lot of kids, I dreamt of exploring exotic locations, perhaps conducting research in far-away lands. Fast […]

Lise Jenkins April 16, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Purchase with care

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Eventually we all leave home, only to have someone take our place. Sometimes the newcomers are like us […]

Lise Jenkins March 19, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management, Plants

Control weeds without chemicals

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One of Kit’s main glories as a gardener is that she is a talented hand puller of weeds. […]

Lise Jenkins March 12, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management, Plants

Remembrance of plants past

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For years Kit struggled to find a good marking system for her plants. When she first started to […]

Lise Jenkins March 5, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

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