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Aiken Gardens: Down the Garden Path called I-20

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Thursday, May 20, 2010. Down the Garden Path called I-20. I hit the road with some gardening buddies a few weeks ago for a tour of a few gardens around the state. We left home at 7:30 in the morning, traveling east toward our first stop, a private garden in the Pee Dee, where Beech Island native, Jenks Farmer is curator. The $10 fee that’s collected from the folks on this tour – you can give more in you like, goes toward support of the herba...Pearl Fry...

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Aiken Gardens: First Rose of Summer

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Thursday, April 29, 2010. First Rose of Summer. LIVIN' EASY IS A FLORIBUNDA THAT IS ALWAYS AMONG THE FIRST TO BLOOM IN SPRING AND THE LAST TO STOP BLOOMING IN FALL. SHE IS QUITE THE THORNY LADY, BUT SHE MAKES UP FOR THAT BY BEING FAIRLY RESISTANT TO ALL THOSE ANNOYING ROSE PROBLEMS. THIS ROSE HAS BEEN MY GARDEN FOR A GOOD TEN YEARS! Not your everyday camellia. View my complete profile. Books to Inspire the Gardener in Us. First Rose of Summer.

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Aiken Gardens: November 2009

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Neighbor With Garden - LIkes to Share. Mr Wade’s collards and Mr. Lingerfelt’s turnip greens all belong to a large family of vegetables called Cruciferae, which gets its name from its four-petaled flower that looks like a crucifer or cross. This clan also includes arugula, bok choy, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, kale, mustard, and radishes. I put in a little sugar too. The tomatoes are played o...

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Aiken Gardens: August 2008

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Thursday, August 21, 2008. If You Go To the Beach, You're Going to get Sand in Your Bed. This house, on another South Carolina beach, was surrounded by a little grass, a lot of ants and a whole lot of sand, which, because the house sat flat on the ground, made its way into the house, and even our beds, with regularity, and the house broom didn’t get much rest. Besides the sandspur, other shore plants have developed thorny defenses against marauding herb...

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Aiken Gardens: September 2008

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Thursday, September 18, 2008. This is the last weekend of summer, 2008. One of best things about writing a garden column in a small town is the contact it gives you with lots of people – people you see often and people you’ve never met. They call you and invite you to come by and look at their unusual plants, or send you a photo by email or snail mail. It’s Angel Trumpet time now. Kathy Walker, also of New Ellenton, sent me a photo of her Ange...At nigh...

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Aiken Gardens: Bird man?

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Saturday, April 03, 2010. Enjoying an Easter Egg Hunt with our grandchildren at The Church at Sandhurst in Florence, SC, I spotted this birdnest in the low branches of a crepe myrtle. The nest looked like a bird had made it, but there was a pliable branch woven around the nest and branches that appeared to be holding it in place. Could any kind of Coastal Plain bird have made such an intricate arrangement? Was somebody giving the bird a hand?

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Aiken Gardens: July 2007

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Tuesday, July 24, 2007. The Christines' Heavenly Garden Offers Many Scenic Views. I paid a visit to the Kalmia Hill garden of Linda and Sam Christine the other day. Even though I visit several times a year, there's always something new to see. Sun coleus invites you to stroll in, past the old iron bed Linda found at the dump and painted blue. Sky Flower, Pigeonberry or Golden Dewdrop, dies back in winter the resprouts in spring. And a pot of purple.

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Aiken Gardens: Phinizy Swamp Nature Park

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Life and Gardening in the South Carolina sandhills. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Phinizy Swamp Nature Park. Not your everyday camellia. I'm a retired elementary school teacher who took up gardening and writing about it a little late in life - about 20 years ago. My husband and I have been married for 40 years (as of August, 2009), and we have three handsome sons, a beautiful daughter-in-law that we love who puts up with us all, two adorable grandsons, a NEW baby granddaughter, and a Scottie named Bell.