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Muscle Power
Today was another nice, sunny day that ended up quite warm by the afternoon. Of course the recent heat has really pushed along plants to catch up after the cool spring! Unfortunately, the weeds are...
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Frantic Fridays Begin
Today began the "Frantic Fridays" that involve getting the gardens in shape for a busy weekend, including one wedding and a work day. Fridays have traditionally been busy days for both staff and...
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A Top Notch Group
We had a great volunteer work day this morning and the weather was just perfect for a productive morning. The gang planted annuals in the gazebo garden, installed the flossflower (Ageratum)...
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The Reunion Tour
It was nice to see Marv and Terry reunited (directly above). They have been a great team for many years and despite Marv's retirement from the grounds staff, the guys didn't miss a beat today and...
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Another Windy One
We had some very light rain over the evening hours but not much in terms of volume. I hope we have some rain tonight and/or tomorrow as we'll otherwise have to get our sprinkler system going again....
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A Precipitation "Teaser"
It's been cloudy most of the day and a bit cooler and in the low 70 degrees F. There was a promise of sporadic rain throughout the day although we've only had some very "light stuff" on and off which...
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A Return To Early April
Today felt like a return to early April with chilling winds and drizzle all morning. It was fairly brutal although the rain never became heavy enough to force us inside. Overall, it was a productive...
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Planting Preparations
Today was a day of planting, pre-planting preparations and post planting care. The weather was beautiful with blue skies and a cool day in the 60 degrees F. We had some cold temperatures last night...
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AAS Collection Planted (..and then some!)!!!
With today being our third of six consecutive scheduled volunteer work days (for planting), I was concerned when there was a morning drizzle. With a threat of sporadic rain over the coming three days,...
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The Magic of Longenecker Gardens
My family and I have made a twice annual trek to Longenecker Horticultural Gardens at the UW-Arboretum (Madison) for many years now. We always time our spring visit to coincide with peak spring color...
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Mist, Drizzle and Rain
We had overnight rain (about 1") and showers in to the early morning hours. I was worried about a "rain out" today but the weather held off for the most part although there was occasional mist and...
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Great Volunteer Help Today!
It was a busy day at the gardens. We knew the rain was predicted for later in the day so we hit the ground running and had lots of volunteer help from start to finish. The weather ended up quite warm...
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We Snuck In Another Day
I've been watching the doppler radar the past couple of days and we've been missed by many storms that have gone north or south of Janesville. It looks like we'll be hit later tonight with some heavy...
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Weekend Preparations Under Cloudy Skies
We had some nice rain overnight (3/4") which was welcome although the high winds did make a bit of a mess. We've had the threat of rain throughout the day but as I type, we haven't had any (yet). It...
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Four of Six Another Success
On Saturday, our fourth of six sequential volunteer work days went very well. With a cooler morning and overcast skies, we had 30 volunteers trickle in over the morning and we planted close to 6,000...
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Snow In June!?
Although it was quite chilly this morning, we didn't truly have snow. However, it sure looked like it around the gardens as seen above. These are seeds from the female Eastern cottonwoods (Populus...
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Volunteer Potluck Tonight!
The Volunteer Potluck this evening went well with over 80 people in attendance (seen above). It was a nice turnout with quite a spread of food and desserts. Lori, Mary and I all made comments and I...
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120 Extra Hands Today
My blog title refers to the fact that we had over 60 garden volunteers here throughout this overcast day. This morning we welcomed our fifth school group of the spring to come help work at the...
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Chilly & Productive
We had some great help today during our overcast and chilly day. It never really rained but there always seemed to be a light mist coming down. Above are Amy (mom) with her twins, Owen and Emily,...
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Skeleton Crew On A Beautiful Day
It was a beautiful day today with a cool start to the morning but sunshine and afternoon temperatures just over 70 degrees F. We truly had a skeleton crew on grounds staff with just Terry, Janice and...
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