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Ask the Expert: How to Use Plants for Privacy in a City Garden via Gardenista

“Good fences make good neighbors,” said Robert Frost, but it doesn’t mean that a fence is the only way to gain some privacy on your property. Sometimes a good hedgerow Continue Reading

Posted On : April 29, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Pink Azalea

Pink Azalea Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your Continue Reading

Posted On : April 29, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Sunflower closeup

Sunflower closeup Up close with one of the prettiest flowers I know.  Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook Related posts: Rosemary Flowers Narcissus Honeysuckle in the neighborhood Achillea millefolium “Pomegranate” Continue Reading

Posted On : April 29, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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On YouTube: How to Make Inexpensive Garden Container Soil: Organic Fertilizer, Lime, Peat Moss, Compost & Dirt via Gary Pilarchik

I have put together my own potting mix a couple of ties in the past using my own compost and some purchased ingredients (See Project: Homemade Potting soil project), but Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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In the Japanese Garden

Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook In the Japanese Garden A lantern sits beside a path in this Japanese Garden in Pasadena, California   * A portion of each sale Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Red, Red, Rose from A Gardener’s Notebook

Join me on Douglas E. Welch Photography on Facebook Red, Red, Rose from A Gardener’s Notebook A Mikado rose opens in the garden.  Learn more about roses with these books Continue Reading

Posted On : April 25, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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On YouTube: Protect Your Garden Greens & Plants from Rabbits: Thrift Store Shopping! from Gary Pilarchik

A great way to protect your plants while recycling/re-using. We are looking for something similar to this as the netting we used gets tangled in everything and makes it difficult Continue Reading

Posted On : April 24, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Tiny cactus flowers in the garden

Follow A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook Tiny cactus flowers in the garden This potted succulent doesn’t Flower a lot but it does Flower regularly. The flowers appear suddenly. Here one Continue Reading

Posted On : April 24, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Our Earth Day Garden Addition – New England Arbors “Athens” Vinyl Arbor $128.24

We have been meaning to get a trellis for the Lady Bank’s Rose in the front garden for a long time, but it wasn’t growing very fast and we concentrated Continue Reading

Posted On : April 22, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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Brunfelsia (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow) — A Minute in the Garden 59 from A Gardener’s Notebook [Video] (1:00)

A Minute in the Garden: A series from A Gardener’s Notebook Brunfelsia (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow) blooms right here in my own Los Angeles garden.    See all the videos in Continue Reading

Posted On : April 20, 2017 Published By : Douglas E. Welch

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