SockFoon's Enchanted Garden

Gardening gives me great pleasure. I find it so calming to potter among my plants and listen to the birds. My garden and I have many stories to tell. I would love to hear about your garden stories.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Waiting for spring

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The garden is quiet. Most of the flowering trees are bare except for the amelia and honeysuckle. It has been exceptionally cold and snowy th...

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Sometimes you win one ...

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The doctor said I should be kind to my joints, so no more digging in the garden. C ontainer gardening allows me to continue pottering in my...

My love affair with jasmines

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The intense fragrance of the Jasmine Sambac is intoxicating. I kept a quart-sized pot indoor because of the Maryland winter. Unfortunately, ...

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

My young Japanese dogwood died

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I had always wanted a white dogwood , but the nearby nurseries seem to carry only pricey young trees. So, last year (2012), I was really th...

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

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In the midst of Gray Winter's Cold ...Flowers! It happens every year. Toward the end of January, I would spy in the patch of grou...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

What the hornets did

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This was still the season where flying creatures were in abundance to pollinate plants. As a result, my sickle pear tree bore an abundance o...

Monday, October 24, 2011

So I grew an avocado plant

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My husband discovered that Aldi carried gaucomole, neatly packaged in plastic bags. They were delicious! In summer of 2010, I decided to pr...

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