Kerry’s Garden

A couple of signs of spring here in Kentucky. Each year I see a lone bumble bee visiting the blueberry. I am sure there is probably more than this one but if so, I never see them. This is Tia’s lilac – Ludwig Spaeth. A very nice scent and color. It has been growing in [...]

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I often get up long before I have to start getting ready for work to browse the garden. The morning is cool and the birds are out in full chorus. I do the container watering at this time, harvest what I can and just enjoy the morning. This morning on my rounds I came up [...]

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I went out to take some pictures for this post and almost stepped on a little rabbit that ran under my foot as I was walking in the garden. We startled each other I think as he/she quickly ran for cover next to this daylily. Judging by it’s size, I would say this little guy [...]

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Wooo hooo finally a bee. I have been complaining that this year I have seen ONE honey bee and that wasn’t even in my yard. Typically I see one or MAYBE two bumble bees pollinating my blueberries each spring. I was getting kind of nervous as I hadn’t seen one yet and some of the [...]

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I saw a hummer visiting our tulips this morning which reminding me of the hummingbird feeder that I picked up on Monday. Time to get that bad boy out and filled with some sugar water. I picked up two stevia plants last night while at Lowes getting plumming parts to fix the broken faucet. One [...]

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Today was one of those days that started out rough (headache and a trip to the chiropractor) but I ended up getting a lot of little stuff done after a 2hr nap. I transplanted some small containers of willow (scarlet curls and black maul from cuttings), lavender (2 minis I picked up from ebay), chives [...]

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This is the first time I’ve dared to look since Saturday. We may or may not get a freeze tonight but it should be about the last one for this round and it shouldn’t be anywhere near as cold as it has been. I’ll take another inventory in the coming weeks to see how these [...]

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