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Garden Zone: 7a
Plants in my Garden: hydrangea, rugosa rose, bee balm, bleeding heart, hosta, sedum, spiderwort, iris, daylily, oriental lily, asiatic lily, violet, phlox, vinca, lavender
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: relaxation
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: sleeping :)
Occupation: RN
Plants in my Garden: hydrangea, rugosa rose, bee balm, bleeding heart, hosta, sedum, spiderwort, iris, daylily, oriental lily, asiatic lily, violet, phlox, vinca, lavender
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: relaxation
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: sleeping :)
Occupation: RN
About leah
wife, sister, daughter, aunt, pediatric private duty nurse, psych nurse, avid reader, mensan, motorcycler, gardener, hiker, backpacker, photographer, cat lover, dog lover, dark chocolate lover, coffee lover, art lover, new york city lover, chinese learner, music lover, nature lover, scrabble player, genxer, ...
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Entry for July 20, 2007
Had a death in the family and some other sad and time consuming business, as well as some not so sad but equally time consuming business. There's a drought out there and the earth is screaming for moisture. In the meantime, to hold you over, this coo...
Entry for May 31, 2007
Got my peas and strawberries in today. The strawberries were bare-root plants, not sure I liked the look of them when I took them out, looked pretty dead to me, all except 3 that were sprouting leaves. Guess we'll see. Did a little ...
Entry for May 30, 2007
FINALLY got my beans in the ground today, although it was pushing dark when I finished. Wow, those nasty little biting gnats are awful...
Entry for May 29, 2007
My father certainly knows the way to my heart. He brought me irises for the garden today, including a "black" one. Some of them just smell like irises, sorta vaguely rubber-y, but some of them smell absolutely heavenly. I ...
Entry for May 19, 2007
One of my patients' mother was having a rough weekend last Friday night, so I put together a little care package of plants from my yard for her and gave it to her, from my patient, for Mother's Day last weekend. I gave her a rugosa rose baby, 3 pots...
Had a death in the family and some other sad and time consuming business, as well as some not so sad but equally time consuming business. There's a drought out there and the earth is screaming for moisture. In the meantime, to hold you over, this coo...
Entry for May 31, 2007
Got my peas and strawberries in today. The strawberries were bare-root plants, not sure I liked the look of them when I took them out, looked pretty dead to me, all except 3 that were sprouting leaves. Guess we'll see. Did a little ...
Entry for May 30, 2007
FINALLY got my beans in the ground today, although it was pushing dark when I finished. Wow, those nasty little biting gnats are awful...
Entry for May 29, 2007
My father certainly knows the way to my heart. He brought me irises for the garden today, including a "black" one. Some of them just smell like irises, sorta vaguely rubber-y, but some of them smell absolutely heavenly. I ...
Entry for May 19, 2007
One of my patients' mother was having a rough weekend last Friday night, so I put together a little care package of plants from my yard for her and gave it to her, from my patient, for Mother's Day last weekend. I gave her a rugosa rose baby, 3 pots...
