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Entries from May 2007

Working on Curb Appeal and My Garden

May 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Work inside the house has come to a screeching halt. Too much to do outside right now. We spent a whole day running around to the nurseries and garden centers for my garden flowers and hanging baskets on the front porch. I still have to figure out some landscaping idea for the […]

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Tags: projects · Erie

Patio Drip Irrigation

May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

I ordered my patio drip-irrigation kit today. I hate to put the burden of watering all my hanging baskets and flower pots on my deck and porch on my in-laws every time we leave town. They have enough to do feeding the cats and cleaning our cats’ litterbox.  It should […]

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Tags: garden · great ideas

Buyers Remorse

May 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

After losing 2 of my 3 tree mallows, I went on quest to find some new ones. I haven’t had any luck so far in finding the Barnsley Tree Mallow, “lavatera barnsley.” I called the nursery where we bought them before but they didn’t have any, maybe the next shipment.
I drove to the west-side Lowes […]

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Tags: garden · great ideas · Erie

I Almost Had to Wait

May 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Actually, I did have to wait.
I have been mail ordering things this spring and getting the items within 2 to 3 days after my order was put in. That’s pretty awesome. I remember the days when you ordered something and it was a good 6 weeks before you held it in your sweaty […]

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