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A PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK

March 27, 2015

It’s Friday Finds time, but unfortunately it has been a busy week and I’ve not had much time to spend on the Interwebs. So rather than send you in the direction of some great things to read, I’m going to tease up a few posts I’m working on for next week because there are some goodies.

A glimpse at a private garden in Charleston.

I snuck away to Charleston a few weeks ago and I’m going to tell you all about it. It was a fantastic trip and I completely fell in love with the city, which I happily roamed around for an entire morning. There’s a good chance I took more than 100 pictures of camellias, which I’d never seen in person before. I promise I will not run them all.

I must have beat the spring rush at the soil lab because the results of my soil tests are due back later today. I can’t wait to see what they show and to share the results (and what they mean) with you.

Last weekend we officially finished construction on the garage pergola. I think it was a year and a half in the making. I’ll give you the whole rundown on how we did it, what we did wrong and how we fixed it so you don’t do the same thing and show you how it turned out. I will not give you an accounting of how many trips to the hardware store it required because I lost track around 20.

And who knows what else might pop up on the blog as we head into April. Have a great weekend. My weekend plans include giving the dogs baths (this is a rather time-consuming affair so it requires scheduling), potting on some more seedlings, starting a few more seeds and hopefully spending a little time on initial garden cleanup.

What’s on your agenda for the weekend?

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  1. Katie @ Team Skelley says: March 28, 2015 at 3:22 am

    I have been trying to resist the urge to plant with this nice weather and I am glad that I did because we are back to freezing temps this weekend. Blargh.

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  2. Heather - New House New Home says: March 28, 2015 at 7:35 pm

    The perogla looks awesome!! Can wait to see the details!

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  3. Lisa Greenbow says: March 28, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    I went to Charleston for a garden tour. It is a great city. I can't wait to hear all about your pergola over the garage project. It turned out beautifully. I have always admired this look.

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  4. Garden Fancy says: March 29, 2015 at 1:41 am

    I can't wait to read about your visits to Charleston gardens and see your camillia photos. I just planted one last year — do you know there are some that are hardy to Zone 6a? I garden in 5b too and planted mine in a protected spot next to my house and wrapped it over winter. I'm still waiting to see if it has made it through OK. Even if it lives, I'm sure it will never be as beautiful as those in places meant to grow them, but it didn't cost much and who knew we could plant such things?! -Beth

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  5. Christine B. says: March 29, 2015 at 3:01 am

    Ugh, I think the internet just ate my attempt at a witty comment. I'll just say your pergola looks wonderful!

    Christine in Alaska, no pergola in sight

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These sister dahlias are big, beautiful girls. Pen These sister dahlias are big, beautiful girls. Penhill Watermelon (first picture) and Penhill Dark Monarch are the best two HUGE dahlias that I grow. They share slightly twisty petals (Watermelon more so) and, when you look closely, subtle striations that add a beautiful depth of color. Watermelon grows taller than Dark Monarch (7 feet tall or more sometimes) and they both need serious staking, but it’s worth it because they produce a lot of flowers for a large-flowering dahlia. 

I like them both but if I was forced to choose (and who would make me do that?) I’d give the edge to Dark Monarch because it’s a little easier to manage size-wise, produces more flowers and has a bigger variation in flower color so it’s always interesting. 

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I don’t love tools that only do one thing. But w I don’t love tools that only do one thing. But when there’s only one tool that does that one thing really well, I’m here for it. This pottery/container knife from Sneeboer makes it possible to actually get plants out of pots without breaking or damaging the pot. It’s also really expensive. 😀
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All of these self-sown Nicotiana are probably at least partly the children of the F1 hybrid Perfume series, which grow to be about 24” tall or so. Last year I grew purple, pink, white and lime versions and these are likely new variations on those. 

Picture 3 is, in my opinion, a good example of how these self sown second-year hybrids can go wrong. I’ll probably rip that one out. 😀

And the last photo is of my favorite colorway, lime, popping up amongst the Zinnias. I find these self-sown Nicotiana popping up all summer, so there’s always a fresh-blooming supply. 

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