Monthly Archives: August 2010

Even the zinnias are standing taller

Whew. We finally got some rain.  And there’s more on the way. It goes without saying that it’s been a long hot summer. If my plants could talk, they’d say, “Put out the fire. Get me some water.” My plants are about two weeks behind schedule. Flowers have been coming slowly in dahlialand and the [...]

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The perils of summer

Even if you love gardening, this year we had the heat and the bugs. And the humidity…and the sun. Hasn’t been pleasant at all.   The Pocono Record is fortunate because we have a one of the best weather watchers around. Ben Gelber is a meteorologist in Ohio, but his roots are in East Stroudsburg, [...]

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