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Country & Rural Garden News (13)Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)KittyJoyce Gardens 31 Dec 69 Discontent of June Travel and other commitments have put the garden well behind schedule this summer. Worst of all, however, is the immense heat and lack of rain this summer. Things are in a rather sad state, so no pictures to follow... 31 Dec 69 KJ Southern Rework KJ Southern Rework 2 Originally uploaded by esinclai. There's been ongoing work at the KJ Southern Annex. After inspection, the work has been approved. Let the patio enjoyment commence!...... 31 Dec 69 KJ Gardens 2005: A Running Start The gardening has been a bit behind schedule this year, what with dodgy weather and the storage space cleaning project detailed here. But we are off to a great start. Had good luck plant shopping (we are on a meager... 31 Dec 69 Joy of Bulbs Uncharacteristically warm weather means spring has already sprung here in the KittyJoyce Zone. For the first time ever, I am experiencing the joy of bulbs, which means I have forgotten what got planted where... 31 Dec 69 Ahem Spring is clearing its throat in my garden. Preliminarily, but clearing nonetheless....... 31 Dec 69 Palm Saturday It's springtime, but springtime tasks start later in Chicago than they do in the rest of the world. Here in KJ Garden's we're in the process of sorting some new landscaping and yard needs for the Southern Annex, but... 31 Dec 69 Soon it Will Be November September and October were quiet garden months. During this time I was traveling a lot and battled a cold as well, so time outdoors was limited. I pretty much let the garden do as it pleased, with the expected results... 31 Dec 69 Weeding out the Comments This site has become a frequent target for comment spam. I'm not sure how or why this happened, since it doesn't get that much traffic and doesn't attract very many legitimate comments. But I am tired of mopping up after... 31 Dec 69 KJ in England Part of my excuse for the long silence is the 10-day trip we took to London in September. The vacation included two day trips into Kent, where we investigated the gardens at Sissinghurst and Chartwell... 31 Dec 69 Never Can Say Goodbye To my great surprise, it is October and the garden has marched on. August and early September were good months, with frequent rain, and I daresay things looked the best they'd ever been. Then I went on vacation and a... 31 Dec 69 Yet Another Makeover Summer's not ever yet, is it? I seem to recall having a couple more good months at this point. So I hit the dirt one more time to fill in some gaps and spruce some things up. I moved the...... 31 Dec 69 Also on the Wires I see the Block has featured Chicagoland Gardening this week....... 31 Dec 69 Proud Of all the spots in my garden, this one makes me proudest. Ironically, it's one I've given the least thought to. Still, the combination of hosta, calladium, and elephant ear looks nice and balanced here, at least for now... 31 Dec 69 Soil Mania High summer now and my mind lightly turns to thoughts of soil tests. I've decided we need one, because some parts of the yard are still not thriving, despite considerable attention. Here's some IUC information about soil testing and a... 31 Dec 69 July Arrives Chicago is the city that works, the city of stockyards, the city of big shoulders and so on...but that doesn't mean we don't like cute statues of animals in our public spaces! Fight your way past the dozing old guys,...
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