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 A viola peeking out makes you smile when the weather get chilly. Do you do winter planting where you live?
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 I have a bog garden in my front yard to keep excess rain from going straight into the sewer. Rain gardens are great for using rain water and conserving water in these drought ridden times. Do you have a rain garden or bog garden in your yard. Do you save water in a rain barrel? Tell us your water conservation methods
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 Have you taken the very best sunset picture ever? Share it with us
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 I just put fall color in at my house. I live in zone 8b and can have color most of the year. Are you a lucky one who lives in zone 10 and have wonderful tropical plants all the time?
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 An egret came to visit this morning. What critters do you have in your garden?
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 A silkworm cocoon on my river birch tree. Wow, I can hardly wait until spring to see what emerges. Have you checked your garden for cocoons? Now is a great time to check.
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I do plant a winter garden. I typically grow lettuce, sometimes peas, spinach, radish, potatoes and carrots.
I also am in the process of getting a bog garden established. It is right beside my pond. This summer was really dry and I could not get it to stay damp enough. Hopefully next summer will be better.
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Hi Sheri. The drought lately has been awful. Over the summer, I sometimes had to put water in my bog garden. Something is really wrong with that picture.
Do you use cold frames over your winter garden or do you have a greenhouse. It gets kind of cold in Indiana to have winter gardens.
Tell us how you do it
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I just had to reply to say that these are some of the brightest clearest pictures i've seen! I write nature poetry as well as Short stories and these took my breath away, the viola and the egret. I would love it if you visited my forum sometime and shared them with us - maybe you have a couple that would look nice with my stories? how about a cockerel for my Easter story?
Thanks again!
You have given me a great idea too - i wrote a Mothers day Gardening Story a while back - going now to go dig it out - will look at gumbo as well!
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PS .... an inspiration ... could I write a Short Story based on one of your photos?
Do drop by, so we can discuss!
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