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To rake or not to rake?
Fallen leaves are making a dense mat on my lawn and I don’t know what to do. Should I rake them up? Or go over them with the lawnmower, leaving the clippings as a mulch? For me, the effort involved for...
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Wordless Wednesday #1
Welcome to The Geeky Gardener’s first Wordless Wednesday, a sneak peek into Geeky’s backyard.
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Kale sidetracked my day
The plan was to sweep up some magnolia petals, add them to the compost, then mow the lawn. But kale sidetracked my day. I grow kale more for its foliage than its taste. I love the contrast between its...
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Success! Kale-y question answered
I have a word for it. Do you know how excited that made me? I went from an observation, to some questions, to an answer, all because of responses to this blog and Facebook, all in a few days. I’m...
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Red and yellow and ….
In the US, they call it leaf peeping, in Japan, momijigari. It’s when people flock to parts of the country to see leaves change colour in autumn. That’s how my latest piece for ABC Science starts, a...
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