Category: <span>Deer Issues</span>

Evergreen Huckleberry

A Diamond in the Rough for your Coastal Landscape If you are looking for a hearty and attractive shrub for your yard, you may want to consider the native evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum). Often overlooked by home gardeners because it can look a bit scruffy in the wild, the evergreen huckleberry actually has amazing advantages […]
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Selecting Colorful Fall Flowers

Garden Splash of Fall Colors Fall sneaks its way in here at Ocean Shores as nighttime temps dip into the 40s. It’s still dry though and will generally stay dry through September and sometimes into October. We even have a promise of crisp, sunny, dry fall days. I’m writing this on one of those perfect […]
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Beauty (flowers) and the Beast (deer)

Spring Flowers: My favorite poem, titled “In Just” by E.E. Cummings is about spring and sums up most springs here in Ocean Shores.  It goes: In just – spring when the world is mud – luscious the little lame balloon man – whistles far and wee – and eddy and bill come – running from […]
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Help your Garden Spring-to-Life

Spring Gardening Somehow nature and timing have not been on my side this year.  I am way behind: either it rained all day, or, when the weather was nice, I had other commitments. Time To Make Gardening My Priority! Today I’d like to focus on writing a few pointers for those who are new to […]
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Stunning Spring Colors Start with Fall Bulbs

Adding Fall Flower Bulbs For Beautiful Spring Gift Of Color: Adding flower bulbs to our fall gardens provide us a beautiful gift of color when temperatures start to warm in the spring, and often earlier.  Also, by selecting different varieties, you can have lasting color throughout the season!  Choose healthy bulbs when possible and be […]
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My Continuing Deer Adventures

Deer vs. Gardener Scorecard: It seems that deer prefer leaves, buds, or flowers of different plants and for sure they do not really care if the plant is labeled “deer resistant.”  My “rare” wild tulips were marked deer resistant. BUT, in the early spring, when they were only four inches high, all the leaves went […]
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