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When Being Bad is So Cool
I am on a botany kick lately, so if you, my dear reader, cannot handle the plant nerdiness, check back next week. But I caution you –...
Jennifer Tan
Feb 9, 20183 min read
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Plums From Pure Sand!
Someone asked me last evening if there were any new and exciting plants I happened to be jiving over; ones that may be coming to a public...
Jennifer Tan
Feb 2, 20182 min read
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Fancy Plantsy Choosy
This time of year, as we go through the drama of snow falling-snow melting-media outlets going through meltdown over the next big winter...
Jennifer Tan
Jan 26, 20183 min read
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That Darn Latin
How doest thou sayest “Clematis” or “Hemerocallis?” Doest thou even careth? Probably not, but for you plant nerds and...
Jennifer Tan
Jan 12, 20182 min read
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A Winter Laundry List
Many wonder what on earth I do in the winter time. I smile when people say, “Oh, this must be your down time.” I may not be in the midst...
Jennifer Tan
Dec 22, 20173 min read
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Why the Real Deal?
So this post is really directed toward my wife. We go through the same argument – I mean discussion – every Christmas season. She makes...
Jennifer Tan
Dec 1, 20171 min read
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Fall Bed Cleanup, Part 2
A key principle of permaculture is valuing renewable resources, and producing no waste. Often the best resources are those considered a...
Jennifer Tan
Nov 10, 20172 min read
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Fall Bed Cleanup, Part One
Last week we discussed the what and why of herbaceous fall cutbacks in an effort to tidy up the flower bed. This week, let us start a two...
Jennifer Tan
Nov 3, 20172 min read
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To Cut or Not To Cut? That Is the Question
This week, we experienced the first frost of Autumn 2017 at Wellfield Botanic Gardens. For us, this means fall bed clean-up, and all that...
Jennifer Tan
Oct 27, 20173 min read
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Spring Too Soon?
A warm fall means warm fall soil. Warm fall soil means some potentially panicked individuals. Weather like we are experiencing may trick...
Jennifer Tan
Oct 20, 20171 min read
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Rhizomes, Root Tubers and Stem Tubers, Say What?
Last week, we removed our cannas from flower beds where we are now planting tulips and have stored them for the winter. As I was doing a...
Jennifer Tan
Oct 13, 20172 min read
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Hot? Seek the Shade of the Woodland
When the temperatures are warmer than usual but you still need your nature-fix, best to head to the wilds of Indiana. The tall trees,...
Eric Garton
Jul 19, 20172 min read
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