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I braved the oak mites

I braved the oak mites to do some gardening, because it was too perfect out not to. Planted some fall planters, cleaned up half the parkway garden. Other half tomorrow. Came in, stripped down, threw clothes in laundry, showered. This is the new gardening routine, as long as the oak mites stick around.

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Weekly garden gather:

Weekly garden gather: • Canadian goldenrod (native)• ironweed (native)• Jeanne phlox (native cultivar)• Russian sage (hardy and easy for sunny, dry areas; prune once a year for neatness and otherwise ignore)• ageratum (I’m not sure if this is perennial or annual, but regardless, it came back strong this year)• feverfew (there’s a native American feverfew,

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