Category Archives: Clematis

Potatoes don’t smile

When it came right down to it my will to grow potatoes wavered. It did. It became actually wobbly and prone to distraction. But I had purchased those organic very special roundish plantable mail-order seed potatoes so I was committed. … Continue reading

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Spirea redux

 Subscribe in a reader One day in January I pruned the old spirea bush in a way that was alarming to some readers.  You may remember this image from the subsequent dreams it inspired: For a while this spring I … Continue reading

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