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Gardening

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1. Sounds like you unplanned colors are lovely!

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 11:14 AM

Jun 2019

My 'unplanned,' 2 rose bushes in large containers, have been defeated by squirrels! So forget flowers for ME (this year anyway.)

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Oh, the best laid plans [View all] spinbaby Jun 2019 OP

Sounds like you unplanned colors are lovely! elleng Jun 2019 #1

Gardening is definitely a study in patience and flexibility WhiteTara Jun 2019 #2

Four o'clocks! spinbaby Jun 2019 #4

You are so right. WhiteTara Jun 2019 #7

I used to have a lot of shade but Phoenix61 Jun 2019 #6

Lots of organic matter does the trick spinbaby Jun 2019 #8

I add it to the soil along with mushroom mulch. Phoenix61 Jun 2019 #9

I looked it up spinbaby Jun 2019 #11

Check Lowe's and HD in the spring. Phoenix61 Jun 2019 #12

My attitude toward gardening is pretty Darwinian. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #10