I have created a garden calendar to serve 2 purposes for me. It serves as a reminder of upcoming planting dates It also serves a as a diary or journal to chart what I did and when I did it
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Jacki Kellum
Garden Calendar & Diary
Focus on Rue – A Butterfly Host Plant and an Ancient Herb
Rue Growing in Jacki Kellum Garden This is the only plant that the former occupants of my house planted. Rue is a an old, Biblical-times plant that was essential at that time. In the USA, it has lost favor among
Read morePlants in my 2023 Mississippi Garden
4 Season Garden, Annuals, Asters, August, Autumn, Coleus, Coneflowers, Cottage Garden Plants, Culpeper's Compete Herbal, Grapes, Herbs, Hydrangeas, Jacki Kellum Garden, Kitchen Garden, Okra, Pink Reliance Grapes the Home Garden Grape with the Best Flavor, Pumpkins, Raised Beds, Rhododendron, Roses, Rue, Squash, Strawberries, Sunflowers, Tomato, Tomatoes, Trellises, Turnips - Turnip Greens, Vegetables, Vines
On May 1, 2023, I moved to Water Valley, MS, and as soon as I had emptied most of my boxes, I began using the cardboard to create garden spaces. My first challenge was to camouflage an air conditioner unit
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In the Beginning, A Garden Is Pre-Determined by Its Soil: How to Amend and Compost for New Soil
During my lifetime, I have lived and gardened in several parts of the country, and in almost every place I have lived, I have been forced to amend my garden’s soil. I am currently gardening in the Ozark Mountains, where
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Azaleas Autumn Royalty Orchid Showers Hydrangea Twilight Black Stem Hydrangea – Nigra – Blooms in pink or blue or lavender Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Nigra’ ‘Nigra’ is a lovely hydrangea with pastel blooms. While this alone would be a good reason for growing it,
Read moreSaga of My Birdhouse – See How Things Changed in 6 Short Months
Today, the Pineapple Sage has almost completely obscured my birdhouse, which has been a focal point of my garden for several years. But in April of 2021, 6 months ago from today’s date, I started a new garden in my
Read moreCamellias in My Garden & Their Zones – Camellias Are Southern Shrubs
I lived most of my life in Mississippi, and nothing sings the song of Mississippi more eloquently than Camellias. Currently, I live in the Ozark Mountains, and I no longer have the advantage of Mississippi’s Planting Zone. One of the
Read moreSecond Spring in September – Jacki Kellum Garden Journal
September 15, 2021 – Wednesday Albert Camus said: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” In several ways, I do agree with Camus that the leaf-turning time of year is another spring-like celebration of color, but
Read moreMoving Day: Shifting Some of My Larger Plants to Places Where They Will Have More Space – Jacki Kellum Notebook – September 3, 2021
September 3, 2021 – Jacki Kellum Garden Notebook Coral Red Dogwood Shrub – Image Credit: My Gardening Life Today, I pruned away some of the dying branches on my Coral Red Dogwood shrub. I bought this gem on clearance, after
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