The Fraudulent Farmgirl Vox 2008-08-17T21:54:08Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e4c831cbe2b/ The life of a wannabe farmer Gardening with Cats tag:vox.com,2008-08-17:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fa969292420003 2008-08-17T19:34:23Z 2008-08-17T21:54:08Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Miss Kitty under the Catnip Big Lou

My back garden contains two small cat figurines from Smith & Hawken. One black cat sits upright and peeks through the geraniums, while another curls up in the lavender. I have an affinity for cats--their independence, grace, and general air of sup...

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]]> The Evil Weed (or, Amy vs. the poison ivy) tag:vox.com,2008-07-31:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fad69ea4a90005 2008-07-31T12:13:37Z 2008-08-17T21:06:37Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Summer-1

Anyone who spends time in the garden is eventually going to come into contact with poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac. I've encountered poison ivy too many times to count, often with disastrous results. One year I had such a case of it that I...

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]]> Gardening for klutzes (or, why my knees look like that) tag:vox.com,2008-07-18:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fad69ad8600005 2008-07-18T16:35:11Z 2008-08-17T21:07:03Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So I'm picking up lots of useful information working for Spotts. Not just run-of-the-mill garden info like plant names and pruning techniques, either. No, I'm learning such helpful tips as how to use a wheelbarrow without turning it upside down or...

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]]> The Fraudulent Farmstead in Summer tag:vox.com,2008-07-18:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fae8cd2b3c000b 2008-07-18T15:03:03Z 2008-08-17T21:04:30Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Hosta alley in July Still life with hydrangeas and grill Bench shot Rose border sans roses July shade border Clandestine cat house Butterfly border in July Lilac and pumpkin Potager with bean teepee Potager with pig

While I've been busy working in other people's gardens, mine has been busy growing in an insane fashion. Normally, July is kind of slow for the garden. The roses, peonies, and other May and June flowers are done, and the caryopteris and asters won...

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]]> I'm Famous! tag:vox.com,2008-07-03:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fa9684ab870003 2008-07-03T15:24:11Z 2008-08-17T21:04:59Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Garden tour

Check out CAS's lovely blog entry on my big day at the garden tour. I particularly love the photo of Calvin and me, although I never thought I'd look like a Mary Engelbright card!

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]]> The Garden Tour (or, how I talked about plants for four hours) tag:vox.com,2008-06-30:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fae8c780fc000b 2008-06-30T00:48:23Z 2008-08-17T21:05:37Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Spiderwort Anabelle Hydrangea Endless Summer Hydrangea Lavender Caryopeteris Nigella

Huzzah! The Irvington Garden Tour today was a resounding success. I'm not sure how many people came through, but I made about 200 maps (see previous post) and we went through all of them. Despite the occasional threatening cloud, we had gorgeous w...

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]]> My Most Excellent Maps tag:vox.com,2008-06-30:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fae8c77fec000b 2008-06-30T00:25:13Z 2008-06-30T00:37:02Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fraudulent Farmstead_Page_1 Fraudulent Farmstead_Page_2

Not to brag or anything, but people at the garden tour liked these maps. And given that Illustrator has regularly been kicking my butt over the last ten years, I feel entitled to gloat ever so slightly at finally turning out a good product with it...

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]]> Countdown to Garden Tour tag:vox.com,2008-06-28:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fad6957f980004 2008-06-28T02:03:45Z 2008-06-28T02:03:45Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's one more day ("One daaaaaay mooooooorrree!"--sorry, too much musical theatre at a tender age) until the Irvington garden tour. You may have been wondering why I haven't been blogging. Well, I'll tell you. I was working. I was, in fact, work...

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]]> Updated to-do list tag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fad68f6f080005 2008-06-11T02:07:08Z 2008-06-11T02:11:31Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom With the Midsummer party fast approaching and the garden tour hot on its heels, I'm starting to feel some pressure to complete garden tasks. I'm not too worried, though, as the BF spent a goodly portion of Sunday helping me in the garden (he mowed...

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]]> The Potting Bench (or, why my boyfriend is better than your boyfriend) tag:vox.com,2008-06-10:asset-6a00d09e4c831cbe2b00fae8c183d8000b 2008-06-10T02:27:35Z 2008-08-17T21:08:24Z The Fraudulent Farmgirl http://adverbadventures.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Potting Bench Watering System Fred

I have mentioned several times the potting bench the BF was constructing from an old workbench located in my basement. It sat in the furnace room for all of my eight years in this house, a useless brown hulk taking up space. But when I mentioned i...

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