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High Altitude Gardening

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Growing an impossible garden at 7,000 feet. Find tips and tricks for growing perennials, veggies and trees in high mountain terrain. Planting advice, harvest recipes and the occasional ode to gardening plans gone wrong.

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  • A Few Dozen of My Favorite Things

    Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 00:20 in christmas ornaments, high altitude gardening

    Our Christmas tree is leaning a little to the left but I'm not worried.We nailed it to the wall!I keep promising ~ at some point we'll eliminate the clutter. Certain family members had high hopes... perhaps this year I'd be mature enough to appreciat...

  • Pasha\'s Christmas Cookies

    Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 14:15

    Moscow BasilicaStrange but true: I've worked full-time, for ten years, with a man I've never met or even spoken to. That's because he lives in Moscow and neither one of us feel like affording that long distance bill.We freelance together. He's my des...

  • Garden Bloggers Bloom Day ~ December

    Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 14:06

    Find more blogger's blossoms at Carol's place. She's the inventor of Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Mini Roses enjoy the view from my sunny window.Truth be told I don't care for my house all that much. It's old and desperately in need of updating. But, ...

  • Maniacal Ovens and Spritz Cookies

    Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 07:56 in high altitude cooking, spritz cookies, high altitude gardening

    If you bake one cookie this holiday season,make it a SpritzSpritz, the yummiest of all the buttery little morsels, are made with a cookie press. If you're a perfectionist, that should give ya fits.It's not so bad for me because we generally eat all t...

  • Festive Flowers

    Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 07:54 in azalea, christmas cactus, high altitude gardening

     Edna, my prehistoric Christmas Cactus, has been with me since my college days.When I think of Christmas colors, I naturally think of red and green. Yet everything that's blooming in my house is a happy hot pink!I'll readily admit that eleven m...

  • Seaside Shenanigans!

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 19:19

    Electric pink wild roses bloom ecstatically along the Oregon Coast.What began on a whim last Thanksgiving is happily turning into an annual Big Life Adventure.Hydrangea withers to a pretty plum as autumn leaves begin to turn.Our new tradition is to g...

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themir

5 stars miriam

loved your flowering trees

Posted: June 11th, 2008 | More Reviews From themir | Report This Comment

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