Video: In the garden…September 3, 2014: Sweet Potato Starts for Everyone!

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Douglas E. Welch

Anyone need any sweet potato starts? I have more than I know what to do with. Perhaps give some to the neighbors.

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Noted: Patio-Perfect Berry Bushes Like You’ve Never Seen via Houzz

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Douglas E. Welch

Patio-Perfect Berry Bushes Like You’ve Never Seen via Houzz

Landscape by Lowell Garden & Landscape Supplies Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc.

I have fond memories of my granddad’s garden. He grew all the fruit and vegetables for our family, and I spent many summer days helping him pick the sun-kissed berries, sampling more than a few as I worked! Even today the heady aroma of fresh, warm fruit takes me straight back to his large raspberry patch, which was unruly at best and an impenetrable thicket at worst. As tasty as these treats were, I couldn’t imagine ever having a garden large enough to accommodate growing my own.

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Noted: 10 Easy Pieces: Garden Clogs and Ankle Boots by Erin Boyle via Gardenista

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Douglas E. Welch

10 Easy Pieces: Garden Clogs and Ankle Boots by Erin Boyle via Gardenista

Given the choice, I’d go barefoot. It doesn’t matter if it’s sand between my toes or fresh garden mud, I like the feeling of my bare feet planted directly on the earth. When I was younger, my sisters and I had contests to see whose feet were toughest; the test was walking barefoot across our gravel driveway without wincing.

Unfortunately rigorous gardening duties require shoes. Here are a few of my favorite ways to compromise, with clogs and low boots:

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Garden Decor: Sheet Metal Frog on Garden Gate

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Douglas E. Welch

Sheet Metal Frog on Garden Gate

A great piece of garden decor from right here in my own neighborhood. I was walking down a street I don’t normally travel on my walks and came across this lovely sheet metal frog adorning a front garden gate. Nice craftsmanship and a wonderful introduction into their garden.