Tag Archives: gardening

Extreme Gardening (the 2013 season)

Posted on November 17, 2017 by CatRutgers4Art

Extreme Gardening © Catherine Rutgers 2017 The Wordless Series, No. 9 of 10

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Lush July

Posted on July 9, 2015 by CatRutgers4Art

On the 7th of July, I completed a beautiful day by sitting on the front steps to watch the fireflies flicker above our local stretch of the Flatbush Malls and the neighbors’ lawns across the way. The Malls, incidentally, are … Continue reading →

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The Colors of June

Posted on July 14, 2014 by CatRutgers4Art

2013 was the Season of Extreme Gardening. I cut down two diseased and weary bushes, sawing and yanking their roots from the dirt, making space for ferns, lemon thyme, the red-toned lilies. I pitchforked a sketchy patch of weeds in … Continue reading →

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The Very Last Rose of 2013

Posted on November 28, 2013 by CatRutgers4Art

Oh, so much drama contained in this bloom. She was a tiny tight bud in late October, an orange anomaly topping three skinny green branches, a miniature rose, unfurling almost all the way as of 26 November, when I plucked … Continue reading →

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Funkia!

Posted on July 15, 2013 by CatRutgers4Art

Here’s to the readers of CatRutgers4art! You all inspire me, you really do, e.g., Karen D, who brings memory and gardening together in a comment that sent me out to collect and photograph the leaves below: “My mother called them … Continue reading →

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