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Words by Webb is a blog about writing, reading, baking and plants - with a little bit of who knows what thrown in for fun.
You can contact me at jodiwebb9@gmail.com
Y is for Yellow
After 12 years of wearing school uniforms, I swore off the dreaded colors green and yellow. In my entire closet I think there are two...
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Apr 291 min read
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X is for X Marks the Spot
X marks the spot your new plant will call home. You never know how important X is until a plant that was thriving in one spot gets moved...
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Apr 281 min read
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W is for Worms
I remember summer evenings during my childhood spent peeking out of our kitchen window at the bobbing flashlights trained on our...
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Apr 261 min read
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V is for Viola
Well, I just spent the day at Longwood Gardens reveling in the tulips, flowering trees and new conservatory (see L is for Longwood...
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Apr 251 min read
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U is for Unexpected
If you're going to enjoy plants, you have to ready for the unexpected. For years my children and I waited every morning at the end of our...
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Apr 241 min read
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T for Tulips
One of the first things I did when I decided to turn the plot of dirt next to my house into a garden was buy a bag full of tulip bulbs. I...
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Apr 232 min read
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S is for Shade
When I started gardening all I had was sunny spots. There were absolutely no trees. It was just a big empty field with a house plopped in...
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Apr 222 min read
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R is for Robert Frost
Thanks to Robert Frost for this amazing poem Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early...
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Apr 211 min read
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Q is for Queen Anne's Lace
True confessions time! when I started this challenge back in April I did make a list of all the letters of the alphabet and possible...
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Apr 192 min read
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P is for Poison
Or more specifically, a particular book I happen to be reading about plants. Very special plants. Killer plants! I started writing a...
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Apr 182 min read
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O is for Outdoor Photo Contest
Do you enjoy spending time outdoors? Then it's time to start snapping some pics and enter them in the annual Pennsylvania Parks & Forest...
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Apr 171 min read
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N is for Native Plants
If you're a fan of native plants you should check out the work of Doug Tallamy. Along with authoring some great books, he also founded...
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Apr 161 min read
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M is for Marigolds
I have a love/hate relationship with marigolds. Love: I have a fondness for them because they were the first flower seed I planted, in a...
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Apr 151 min read
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L is for Longwood Gardens
Have you ever been to a public gardens? In my neck of the woods it seems there's a garden everywhere you turn - Hershey, Philadelphia,...
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Apr 141 min read
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K is for Keurig
When we got our first single serve coffee maker - in our case a Keurig - everyone was thrilled as they all had different preferences and...
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Apr 122 min read
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J for Jodi's Favorites
I have so many favorites but many of them I can trace back to my backyard growing up. For living in town it was a large backyard, shared...
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Apr 112 min read
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I is for Insects
As a gardener I have a confusing relationship with insects. Some I hate (boo to Japanese beetles, slugs, aphids) and some I love(cheers...
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Apr 101 min read
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H is for Hanging Baskets
Come Mother's Day they are everywhere! Hanging baskets full of petunias, geraniums, calibrachoa, fuschia. Who could resist them? My mom...
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Apr 91 min read
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G is for Garlic
I've never been much for growing vegetables. Yes, I like to eat vegetables but they just aren't as much fun as flowers. So vegetables are...
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Apr 82 min read
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F is for Flower Show
For years my only reference for a flower show was the neighborhood gathering of gardeners in the World War II movie Mrs. Miniver where...
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Apr 71 min read
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