Category: Winter
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Welcome 2025! Embracing the Feral Beauty of the Garden
January Calendar It was a fallow year for Second Breakfast Gardens in 2024. I returned to college in the fall of 2023. Whenever it wasn’t actively raining, I did my homework at the table in the garden. It was interesting to watch the garden go feral. Cover crops became mature crops, flowers popped up all…
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Let’s Help our Hummingbirds Through the Cold Snap
🌨After sorting through all the weather alerts and school closures this morning, I sipped my coffee and looked out at the bird feeders. Then my thoughts turned to strategies for helping my hummingbird friends. I made up a fresh batch of nectar, cleaned and replaced the feeders. This time, as suggested by my blogger friend…
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Pruning Season is Upon Us! My Pruning Primer will Get you Cutting with Confidence
Pruning Primer for Fruiting Trees, Shrubs, and Canes Today, I took advantage of the dry-ish weather to get cutting. First, I pruned back and shaped the table grapes. I saved some of the lower cuttings for propagating for a friend. The branches nearest to the ground generally have more natural rooting hormone present. Next up were…
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