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Pruning Gooseberries

Published on September 29, 2017January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

The following is a video of me pruning a fuchsia-flowering gooseberry (Ribes speciosum). I certainly hope it is helpful because it is definitely embarrassing! It is my hope that with […]

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Starting a new garden

Published on July 12, 2016 by weedingwildsuburbia

Starting a new garden is big. It fills me with enthusiasm, excitement, and joy. However, this act of optimism has another side. In a time when Facebook highlights only the […]

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Happy Holidays

Published on December 27, 2013March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Wishing you all Happy Holidays and a very Happy and Healthy New Year.

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Bye

Published on November 30, 2012March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

At LAX waiting to board first flight to India. We will spend about 20 hours in the air! Hard to separate from home and family but looking forward to a […]

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A garden retrospective

Published on August 13, 2012July 3, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

We have lived here for fourteen years and the garden has taught me much. I am glad that I started slowly. Many of the original plants are gone. Some did […]

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Garden Tour Coming Up

Published on April 9, 2012March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

This Saturday and Sunday is the Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour and my house, Garden 11, is open on Saturday.Thought I’d upload a few pictures to entice you to […]

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Dividing Irises – Part 2

Published on November 15, 2011March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

A little more than a month ago (October 14) I dug up a few Pacific Coast irises from the woodland garden to transplant to a new location – one that […]

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Dividing Irises

Published on October 15, 2011March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

After the recent rain I checked my irises and noticed that they were coming out of dormancy. The rhizomes had little nubbins on them. I had heard that this was […]

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Summertime

Published on June 25, 2011March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Alas, I have been delinquent with my posts. Life just got in the way. Since this spring has been busy, I have been able to put my “lazy gardener” skills […]

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Lazy Woman’s Garden

Published on February 23, 2011March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

I was all set to write about how I finally used up the last of the Meyer lemons but instead I spent some time taking pictures in the yard. (Yes […]

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