Amateur Gardening

Running to seed

I SPEND a serious amount of time tweaking my garden in summer, mostly snipping off spent flowers or seedheads and removing any signs of browning foliage. It’s a very satisfying job because the garden always looks fresher when I’ve finished my snip-snipping. The object of the exercise is to prolong summer and stave off any signs of autumn for as long as possible.

I pick my plants carefully and

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