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About seagoatsgarden

Gardener (or was that Horticulturist, or Cemeterian?). Graduate of the School of Professional Horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden, ISA Certified Arborist, NOFA Accredited Organic Landcare Practicioner. White-collar dropout. Capricorn.

A Roundish House

We bought a round house that we wanted to make cozier — so we added 2.5″ of polyiso fiberglass-backed foam to the inside walls, set furring strips every 16″ (try to do the math on a round wall) and then … Continue reading

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København, 2016

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A trip to Copenhagen, Denmark in mid-April, 2016 Continue reading

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Iceland Trip: Mar 30 – Apr 04

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Dahlias

Dahlias are beautiful flowering plants, but they are a massive pain when you are growing them in an area where you can get hurricane force winds.  Our solution for them is to tomato cage them when they go in the … Continue reading

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Newport Anachronisms, Pt 1

Today while clearing a huge mess of Convolvulus (bindweed/morning glory), Cynanchum (black swallow-wort),and various other messy plants I looked up and watched an airship pass over the property.  Then, I went back to quietly rooting out weeds.

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Gardens this week

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Plants for the yard

I picked up a few plants at Opus Nursery today and stuck them in the backyard.  I really have to get a plan for back there. Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus ‘Lynnhaven Carpet’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ (we’ll see how this does…I’ve heard … Continue reading

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I am on Google Street View gardening!

John and I are gardening when the Google bike rolled past.

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Summer Attendance

Memorial Day to Labor Day Visitation: 1,719,674

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