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Month: June 2013

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In the garden…June 28, 2013: Installing an electronic timer for my soaker hoses

Update: June 28, 2014: Unfortunately, none of the 3 timers I installed lasted more than a couple of months. They all exhibited problems opening and closing the water valve. By the clicking Continue Reading

Posted On : June 29, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Garden Alphabet
  • Photos-Photography
  • Plants

Garden Alphabet: Rudbeckia

Garden Alphabet: Rudbeckia I always love the exhurbence of Rudbeckia or “black-eyed susan” as they are commonly called. They seem to explode with joy and color and always turn their Continue Reading

Posted On : June 28, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Interesting Plant
  • Plants

Interesting Plant: Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris)

Interesting Plant: Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris) I just did a short video on hydrangeas a few weeks ago, so I was quite surprised when I saw this climbing variety. While Continue Reading

Posted On : June 26, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Art
  • DIY
  • Garden Decor
  • Projects

Garden Decor: Shovel Head Daisy

Shovel Head Daisy No, this isn’t a new hybrid for your garden…well, maybe sort of. Rather this piece of garden decor is made from discarded shovel heads. Not sure who Continue Reading

Posted On : June 26, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Garden Vocabulary
  • Horticulture
  • Plants

Garden Vocabulary: Sepal

To paraphrase Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, “The naming of plant (parts) is a difficult matter. In this edition of Garden Vocabulary, we focus on the part of plant Continue Reading

Posted On : June 26, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • In the neighborhood
  • Photos-Photography

In the neighborhood…June 22, 2013: Daylily (Hemerocallis)

In the neighborhood is a collection of video and photographs gathered here in my own Southern California neighborhood. What’s happening in your neighborhood. Share some of your photos with AGN Continue Reading

Posted On : June 24, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Education
  • How-to
  • In the garden
  • Podcast
  • Shade
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  • Video

Video: In the garden…June 22, 2013 – Some life in the new shade bed, leaf cleanup and more!

The newly planted shade bed is finally showing signs of life, our new aucuba succumb to a fungus and we begin a big, long delayed leaf cleanup project. Watch all Continue Reading

Posted On : June 23, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Container Garden Update
  • Flowers
  • Food
  • How-to
  • Plants
  • Podcast
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  • Trees
  • Video

Video: Container Garden Update 32: Time to move again and also — roots!

The sun has moved and so, again, must the containers. With the sun higher in the sky, I move the containers back to the south side of the driveway for Continue Reading

Posted On : June 23, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Education
  • Food
  • Fruit
  • Garden Alphabet
  • Photos-Photography

Garden Alphabet: Banana

Garden Alphabet: Banana I only wish I were able to grow bananas like this, but this pictures was taken in the backyard of a house my friend was renting in Continue Reading

Posted On : June 21, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Container Garden Update
  • Horticulture
  • Podcast
  • Show
  • Video

1st Anniversary for Container Garden Update

One year ago I started my Container Garden Update video series. You can see where it all began (and all the videos in the series) in the playlist below. Watch Continue Reading

Posted On : June 19, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch

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