Down In It
A gardening blog
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Lupines transplanted
Tree and shrub leaf out and blossoms
Frost! and wishing for a potato recovery
Fox
Parsley, cilantro, and basil sown
Last potato and two more red osiers planted
Rhubarb and red osier dogwoods planted
Potatoes planted, blue violets moved
Left raised bed mostly planted
More tomatoes started
Winter 2025/6
Peas sown
Blue violets and lupines planted
Tomatoes, basils, and cauliflowers started
Spinach seeds sown
A dozen more elderberry cuttings planted
A mycorrhizal spring
A new groundhog?
Red osier cuttings planted
Cold
Differing opinions on crows, I imagine
Tulip popular budding
The robins brought their appetites
Fall 2025
Stone border added along road
BONAP as Snapshot in Time
Fox running
Rest in peace, one of the foxes
Light snow
Rest in peace, groundhog
First snow
Fox
Two American Sweetgums
Light frost
Japanese maple felled
Garlic year three planted
Wrens
Mountain laurel planted
Groundhog in tunnel
Summer 2025
What to call non-native plants
Blue jays in lilac
Asters blooming
Asters
Monarch caterpillars
New natives
A bunch of Monarch caterpillars
Monarch caterpillar
Reaching peak tomato
Peaches dried up or moldy
Possible monarch butterfly
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Garlic Season Two Complete
Sunrise
Goldfinch
June beetles
Lightning bugs
New growth on asters
Spring 2025
Hawks
Hummingbird
Oak-leaf hydrangeas
Peonies done blooming
Bald eagle
Bald eagle
Lilac tree blooming
Goldfinches
Peach count
Apple count
Fox and minivan
Milkweed propagation
Oaks
Deer
Crows
Lesser celandine vs blue violet
Tomato starts
Tomato starts
Dogwood
Groundhog
Winter 2024/25
Milkweed propagation
Flower seeds started
Third raised bed built
Elderberry cuttings planted
Puttering
Tree-planting advice
Joined Homegrown National Park
Fall 2024
Herb garden in 2023 and 2024
Second Chestnut Planted
Wood Chips Scored and Spread
Snow!
Rain!
Pagoda dogwood planted
White fringetree planted
Started holly hedge (again)
Third oak planted
More rosemary dried and stored
More basil dried and stored
Garlic season two planted
Summer 2024
Made raised bed for garlic
Morning glory blooming
Pumpkin and the fox
Hello me!
Planted remaining sunflowers
Planted spinach and beans
Raised bed deer protection finished
Black walnut planted
American hornbeam planted
Peach trees planted, blueberry and apple blossoms
Two hickories planted
Raised bed planted
False hollies planted
Holly planted
Planted juniper cuttings
Daffodil bulbs planted
Ashe's magnolia and bald cypress planted
Garlic planted
Compost bins built
Raised bed started
Second oak planted
First Oak Planted
First Chestnut Planted
Volunteer maple planted