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Melanie's Old Country Garden
http://melaniesoldcountrygarden.blogspot.com
A passion for perennials keeps this Long Island woman busy. Sun borders, shade beds, rock garden, troughs & more are featured here.
- Added on: Jun 14th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
December Dreams
Sitting here at my computer, I get a wonderful satisfaction looking at old photos taken on garden tours. At times I shake my head to wake up from dreams of tours yet to come. Many of these places are close enough that a tour would only take half a da...
Easy Come...Easy Go....
Easy come, easy go...when the title of this post popped into my head it was strictly plant related. Then, while typing it in I realized that it could be applied to so many things in my life right now.Some plants are easy to find, easy to care for but...
The Master Gardeners
This morning I drove out to Holtsville to give a lecture to Long Island's Master Gardeners. They are a large, active group of avid gardeners, it was a true pleasure to spend my morning with them.The program they had hired me for was my "Perennials fo...
Oh Deer!
Well, my weekend adventure to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was a success! The 6.5 hour drive there was through some of the most beautiful countryside I've ever seen. There was still plenty of autumn foliage covering the rolling hillsides. Rural scenes fil...
Those #$#@! Plant collectors!
As I just posted on my other blog, Melanie's Perennials, I'm off this morning to Pittsburgh PA.Tomorrow I will be speaking to a group of gardening clubs, all made up of plant collectors. There will be Hosta collectors there, I love Hosta!There will a...
Inside Out
Here I sit, inside on my last "free day". Tomorrow I begin working (a "real" job) and had hoped to be able to spend some time today outdoors. Unfortunately Mother Nature knows best, I really have quite a few things to work on here with my lap-top. St...
