December 2013

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    New Year’s Eve: Farewell to 2013 and Ring in the New 2014

    Every new year's eve brings about reflection and closure of the past year and plans, hopes and expectations for the new year. The influx of gardening and seed catalogs has…

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    5 Best Container Gardening Ideas from 2013

    As the year draws to a close, it's time to take a look back at lessons learned in the container vegetable garden. Here are the top five "Best Of" ideas…

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    Tatyana’s visit to Lakewold Gardens in Washington, Day 2

    Welcome to Day 2 of photos from Tatyana Searcy's (revisit Tatyana's own garden HERE & HERE) autumn visit to Lakewold Gardens. If you missed it yesterday, Tatyana said, "I'd like…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Gardeners, Start Your Seed Search! (Updated)

    Helpful ways to make the most of your seed catalogs, and getting seeds in general.

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    Tatyana’s visit to Lakewold Gardens in Washington, Day 1

    We're going to finish out 2013 with two days of photos from Tatyana Searcy's (revisit Tatyana's own garden HERE & HERE) autumn visit to Lakewold Gardens. She send in so…

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    A maypop invasion!

    Let's finish off this last full week of 2013 with something fun! Nedra Stephenson in Milan, Missouri, sent in this photo last month. She says, "How many pops could a…

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    Kelley’s Holiday Containers

    Remember when we visited Marjorie Ames's garden earlier this month? (Refresh your memory HERE) Today she's back to show off a friend's work! She says, "I have an extremely good…

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    Merry Christmas! 2013

    Merry, Merry Christmas to all of you GPODers who celebrate it! (To everyone else....happy December 25th!!) We're keeping it simple today with some lovely images from Avis Vesely (we visited…

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    Stella’s garden on Vancouver Island, Day 2

    Today's photos are a continuation of our tour through Stella Carriere's garden. In case you missed it yesterday, she said, "I moved to this property in Cedar on Vancouver Island…

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    Stella’s garden on Vancouver Island, Day 1

    Today's and tomorrow's photos are from Stella Carriere. She sent so many great ones that I didn't bother cutting any! She says, "I moved to this property in Cedar on…