The stinkhorn saga. Was round 2 averted?
Yesterday I was emptying soil out of a grow bag and noticed some mushrooms about to come to the surface. I'm pretty sure they were...
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dorothyvesper
May 19, 20211 min read
Sharing plants with friends
About 6 years ago Ellen's mother gave me cuttings of two of her African Violets. One has a very unusual compound flower with pink, white...
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dorothyvesper
May 17, 20211 min read
The view from the basement
Rhody & ferns. Sometimes I find the neighbor cat Pillow looking back in at me., but today Pillow was too busy enjoying my favorite chair...
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dorothyvesper
May 16, 20211 min read
Fruit trees for a tiny garden. Part 2. Columnar.
Meet the columnar apple trees. I learned about these when my father started buying them and planting them in big pots - filling up my...
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dorothyvesper
May 16, 20211 min read
Fruit trees for a tiny garden. Part 1. Espalier.
It's hard to believe, but I have 4 apple trees in my tiny garden. One of them has been espaliered and the other three are columnar...
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dorothyvesper
May 14, 20211 min read
The source of my green thumb
My father, Carl August Vesper, is surely the source of my green thumb. I introduce him here because so many of my plant stories will tie...
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dorothyvesper
May 13, 20211 min read
Under the plum tree
A trio of plants make their home under the plum tree - the nandina, the tall dark -purple iris, and a lovely little azalea.. In the...
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dorothyvesper
May 12, 20212 min read
Plum tree rescue
About 5 years ago we were having some work done in our basement and realized we'd be digging up the back yard. As part of the project we...
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dorothyvesper
May 12, 20211 min read
The big picture of a small space
I thought I'd start with some garden tours. The back yard is the biggest space so let's start with the view from the back porch. We used...
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dorothyvesper
May 11, 20211 min read
Dorothy & the Living Things
My husband and I joke that my role in the family is to take care of the living things. At our house they can be human, feline or...
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