Cape May Garden Journal

Seasonal garden updates from the Cape May Times garden.

Cape May’s Early Spring Daffodils

March 12, 2012 By
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Cape May, NJ – There’s nothing like that first bunch of daffodils in the Spring to stir up spring fever.   I  found the earliest bloomers last week on Stevens St. in West Cape May.  Now, it’s a week later. I want more. I do have some parameters for my searching.  In addition to early blooming, [...]

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Betty’s Sweetgum Tree

November 16, 2011 By
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Cape May, NJ  – Every fall, a certain sweetgum tree pulls out all the stops and lights up our Cape May yard with its incredible foliage. And every fall, I remember the day that tree came to be here. It was a hot, hot August day a dozen years ago when Betty, my mother-in- law, [...]

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Thoughts on Weeding

April 14, 2011 By
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Cape May, NJ – I grab a a dandelion-like rosette of leaves and give it a firm yank. There had been rain the day before, so the ground is soft. I slowly, carefully pull out the entire unwanted plant, with six inches of long white taproot. Nothing left to resprout a month from now. Oh [...]

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