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	<description>a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife</description>
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		<title>The beetle battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rated NC 39 for graphic bug sex, violence and strong language
In a garden as beautiful as this (the North Garden this very morning) you might not be aware at first glance of the horrors lurking within and on top. But they&#8217;re here. The first Japanese beetle was sighted (by me) on July 6th and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The axis of summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers Bloom Day]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a way it&#8217;s a little strange that this seems (maybe especially to non-gardeners) to be the hub of our gardening year &#8211; that all of our efforts revolve around this very point.  We know that&#8217;s not true at all and yet&#8230; We plan and plant and starting right about now or a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunspot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fave rave]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often I find I&#8217;m struck by a new color &#8211; something that was a &#8220;meh&#8221; only last year or even just yesterday becomes the best thing ever. It figures that I would choose the most brilliantly perfect, cloudless, sunny day we&#8217;ve had so far to show off my new favorite. &#8211; It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bee-lated update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[annuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what's blooming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honeybees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been meaning to tell you about Fred and Dan&#8217;s discovery for a few weeks now but keep getting distracted by garden tours, award worthy blooms, days off and other shiny things. A month or two ago I bemoaned that the wild honeybee colony living in the hive near the greenhouse must have succumbed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plants are my favorite people</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superlatives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dahlias]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poppies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rose Garden]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was Lilah&#8217;s suggestion when she first saw the sea of pink peony poppies (voted Most Flirtatious) in full bloom in the Cutting Garden that I do a Superlatives post. Since I spent high school trying to escape detection, I never properly appreciated the value of yearbook superlatives &#8211; &#8220;most popular&#8221; I was not; though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildacre</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[out and about]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intimate Garden Tour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it about someone else&#8217;s garden that can make even ordinary plants look extra special and precious? Once a month or so during the summer, Blithewold offers a great treat called an Intimate Garden Tour and this past week we were invited for a slow meander inside Wildacre on Ocean Drive in Newport. Wildacre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downhill from here</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thought for the day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what's blooming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[June]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the summer solstice behind us and all of the gardens planted, we&#8217;ve officially turned the corner and begun the  slide into summer. Now if we could just switch the weather machine to its summer setting we&#8217;d be all set. We&#8217;re ready now. Gail and I haven&#8217;t been whining much this wet woolly spring because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Lawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[F.A.Q.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the archives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eat the view]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lawn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s weird that I&#8217;m compelled to write about a lawn when the pink styrax is in bloom and the roses look so pretty but the other day a visitor asked me what turned out to be a provocative question. As we looked out across the expanse of the Great Lawn she asked, &#8220;Now, what was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mid June bloom report – and a bee update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers Bloom Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thought for the day]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again it&#8217;s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (hosted as always by gracious Carol of May Dreams Gardens) and since it&#8217;s June it would probably be easier to show what&#8217;s not in bloom &#8211; but I would never do that to you. Around here you don&#8217;t even need your eyes to know what&#8217;s in bloom. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They’re listening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How, When, What-to-do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuff and nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what's blooming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rose Garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like to think that encouragement and praise is the best method for inspiring productivity but must admit that threats and criticism can be pretty effective as well. Spite is such an excellent motivator. Don&#8217;t we love to prove someone wrong? &#8211; I had a mean as spit English teacher who made it clear that [...]]]></description>
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