Garden Life Archives - Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles

Rabbit Repellents for the Garden

Laura — Tue, 03 May 2022 17:33:10 +0000

Which rabbit repellents to try; the importance of scent in rabbit repellents; sprays versus granules, plus additional options to consider. Includes helpful videos too. Rabbit Repellents with Varying Degrees of Success First, here are some interesting methods some gardeners use to repel rabbits with varying degrees of success. Soap — cutting up soap and placing...

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Top 15 Favorite Plant and Seed Catalogs

Laura — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:23:17 +0000

This article and video review my favorite plant and seed catalogs, including fantastic websites that are a wealth of plant and seed knowledge! There is something for every level of gardener here! I’m sharing my favorite plant catalogs and seed catalogs, as well as plant companies that sell online. These are my go-to resources if...

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The Hellebores are coming!

Laura — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 17:18:07 +0000

Hellebores are new to my garden this year, and in this article I describe my joy at seeing the flower buds coming up for the first time! I am beside myself with joy right now, after an afternoon of cleaning up leaves for the 74th time from one of the backyard garden beds. I made...

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Finding the Good in Your Garden

Laura — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:13:12 +0000

Today I’m sharing a photo and video collage of what’s blooming in my zone 7, Southern New Jersey garden. I’m doing this to encourage you to do the same and find the good in your garden — after a season of heat, humidity, tropical storms, floods and whatever else Mother Nature has thrown at us...

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Rabbits in the Garden: pandemic rabbits eating everything!

Laura — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:18:52 +0000

Yes, the pandemic rabbits in the garden are eating everything, including plants supposedly rabbit resistant. Here’s a look at what they’ve devoured so far. Video included. If I thought that the pandemic rabbits — as I call them — ate themselves silly through my garden last year, I guess I’m in for even more fun...

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Gardening Advice: trying to get it right

Laura — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:10:25 +0000

Gardening advice: where I learn the difference between answers that help you versus answers I’m seeking just for me. Let me explain, as I share flower images from my garden! Not too long ago, I spent an inordinate amount of time searching the internet for an answer to a burning gardening question. It wasn’t a...

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Even gardeners need a break, as I found out the hard way

Laura — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:14:07 +0000

Even gardeners need a break sometimes. I found out the hard way after a day of gardening in Summer heat. Take a break. Admire your garden. You deserve it. And you just might see a bee buzzing around the lavender! Yesterday I was reminded that I’m human. At 10 AM I went out to do...

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Dandelions and bees and your neighbors

Laura — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:27:18 +0000

Can dandelions and bees and your neighbors peacefully coexist? Could I leave our dandelions for the bees? Could you? And what would the neighbors think? A few days ago, I read an article about dandelions in The Guardian that made me stop and think. The article — Help Bees By Not Mowing Dandelions, Gardeners Told...

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The end of the growing season and how I feel.

Laura — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:30:14 +0000

Gardening doesn’t stop with the end of the growing season. I can’t seem to say goodbye to the season’s final flowers because gardening is therapy for me. It’s mid-November, the end of the growing season. The steady freezing temperatures at night will be here any moment. We’ve already had one or two below-32-degree nights. I...

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I hate garlic chives.

Laura — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:25:14 +0000

I hate garlic chives. Love them to eat, but hate them in my garden. Alternate title? That time my garden became overwhelmed by garlic chives. I hate garlic chives. There. I said it. Let me clarify . . . I love to eat garlic chives, love the taste, love the scent. But garlic chives in...

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