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Deb's garden
http://debsgarden.squarespace.com/
a blog for plant and nature lovers. I am a gardener in Helena, Alabama, and the purpose of this blog is share my garden with other gardeners and to offer inspiration and advice.
- Added on: Oct 30th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Deborah Elliott
- Listed in: Gardening Lawn & Garden
- Tags: Nature plants gardens garden photos alabama gardens gardening in the south
Recent Posts
Have a happy holly day
This past weekend, like people have done for thousands of years before me, I decorated my home with holly. The botanical name is ilex aquifoliaceae. The genus ilex, as far as I can determine, refers to oak. I'm not sure about that - maybe because the...
An award no lizard can give
I have a confession. Before I started this garden blog, I had never read another one. The purpose of my blog? Here I am at the end of the road, and no one ever sees my garden, except friends and family and, of course, the mail carrier. I put a lot of...
With the voice of Thanksgiving
May I proclaim with the voice of Thanksgiving and declare all Thy wonders. This is a view today of the woodland garden. The green Japanese maple has brilliant red foliage. I photographed this overview of the woodland garden from our drive. Red ...
Evergreens, the regents of winter
"This weather makes me want to curl up in in my pajamas and drink hot chocolate!" We were standing outside a funeral home in a cold mist. A friend's father, age 97, had passed away. It was an uplifting service. This great-great grandfather had ...
We are survivors
I once bought three small weeping higan cherry trees, and I dreamed of their graceful limbs dripping with pastel blossoms in the spring. Within two years they all were stricken with a blight which caused large sections to suddenly wither and die. Soo...
A magic morning in Helena
This morning in Helena was magical. The magic part of it was that I was up, dressed, and out the door with my camera at six AM. Those who know me well know that I am not an early morning person. On the days I go to work I have to depend on an al...
