weeds

Onion Grass

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If the abundant asters, Japanese anemones and the newly-revived roses didn’t convince me that it’s fall, the weeds certainly would.  Suddenly the crabgrass—scourge of the summer lawn and garden—is gone and the onion grass is back.  I took the first tentative strands of it out today, while I was dividing some tradescantia.  More will certainly … Read more

Variables

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My garden spent most of the month of July sweltering in hot, sticky heat and parched because of minimal rainfall.  Even with daily watering, plants suffered, especially those in containers.  The end of the month has brought almost too much relief in the form of daily thunderstorms.  Mushrooms are growing now in beds that were … Read more