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Stressing Over Seasonal Aridity
By Michael
Apr 24, 2019
I’m set up for the dry.  The only water available is from our tanks, and we really only have enough for the house. For this reason, I don’t grow vegetables over the summer, an
Steppe Update
By Michael
Dec 17, 2017
You may remember, from earlier posts, my ‘steppe’ planting (a misnomer that will remain until something better presents itself) from November 2015.  Back then it looked like t
The Steppe: Then and Now
By Michael
Jan 5, 2017
Back on the 4th April, I gave a quick run down on my latest bit of trial planting of very low plants.  I almost gave up on it in early spring, when it looked like being overrun wi

Steppe Update

By Michael
Dec 17, 2017

You may remember, from earlier posts, my ‘steppe’ planting (a misnomer that will remain until something better presents itself) from November 2015.  Back then it looked like this: The intention w ...

The Steppe: Then and Now

By Michael
Jan 5, 2017

Back on the 4th April, I gave a quick run down on my latest bit of trial planting of very low plants.  I almost gave up on it in early spring, when it looked like being overrun with weeds, and I star ...

The Ways of Stone and Succulent

By Michael
Aug 29, 2016

I planted as I built my stone wall, following good Gertrude Jekyll principles. Some things succeeded and other things failed.  Some, like the honeysuckle and the dianthus, grew really well initially, ...

Walls of perfectionism

By Michael
Mar 18, 2013

Give a perfectionist a pile of rough old walling stone and a straight string line, and watch him squirm. A little over a week ago I took delivery of just such a pile of stone.  I’ve been dreaming o ...

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