{"version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1","title":"The Dry Garden","description":"This is where a description of the site could go.","home_page_url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com","feed_url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/feed","items":[{"id":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/manzanita","url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/manzanita","title":"Manzanita","content_html":"
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A manzanita in flower on a lovely March day.<\/p>","date_published":"2025-03-08T15:19:00+00:00","date_modified":"2026-09-25T21:17:42+00:00"},{"id":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/daphne","url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/daphne","title":"Daphne","content_html":"

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Lovely, fragrant Daphne does well in the dry garden but it is poisonous.<\/p>","date_published":"2016-05-14T12:22:00+00:00","date_modified":"2026-09-25T21:24:49+00:00"},{"id":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/a-california-native","url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/a-california-native","title":"A California Native","content_html":"

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White-flowered Carpenteria is spectacular in the spring. The only downside is that it doesn't shed dead leaves readily.<\/p>","date_published":"2016-04-30T09:13:00+00:00","date_modified":"2026-09-25T22:16:16+00:00"},{"id":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/sages","url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/sages","title":"Sages","content_html":"

Sages plants are useful for dry gardens:<\/p>

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The red flowered plant on the right is Hot Lips Sage<\/p>

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Culinary Sage flowers very attractively in the spring.<\/p>","date_published":"2016-04-12T18:59:00+00:00","date_modified":"2026-09-29T21:03:28+00:00"},{"id":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/kumquat-marmalade","url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/kumquat-marmalade","title":"Kumquat Marmalade","content_html":"

On Sunday, the Gardener picked kumquats from this tree<\/p>

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and turned them into marmalade<\/p>

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The <\/strong>Falkirk Wheel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

The Falkirk Wheel was built for the millennium. It is a truly astonishing sight and raises a boat from one canal to another, using only enough power to boil eight kettles of water.<\/p>","date_published":"2013-06-03T08:26:00+00:00","date_modified":"2026-10-03T22:04:00+00:00"},{"id":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/its-own-donkey","url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/its-own-donkey","title":"Its Own Donkey","content_html":"

In December the Gardener and I took a trip to Morocco. Staying in the Ourika Valley was one of many highlights.<\/p>

Our hotel had its own vegetable garden:<\/p>

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and its own donkey:<\/p>

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The Early Morning Sun Reflects Red on Denali (Mount McKinley) on an August Morning<\/p>","date_published":"2012-11-16T21:10:00+00:00","date_modified":"2026-10-04T07:33:49+00:00"},{"id":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/perseverance-mine-trail-juneau-alaska","url":"https:\/\/thedrygarden.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/perseverance-mine-trail-juneau-alaska","title":"Perseverance Mine Trail, Juneau, Alaska","content_html":"

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The Perseverance Mine Trail follows the course of Alaska<\/a>'s first road.<\/p>

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The Gardener and I ate a picnic lunch on this bridge.<\/p>

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Leaving Ketchikan<\/strong><\/p>

We disembarked at Ketchikan, visited the supermarket to pick up a few odds and ends, and then returned to the M\/V Columbia to eat an excellent breakfast in the ship's restaurant.<\/p>

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Wrangell<\/strong><\/p>

The ferry also stopped at Wrangell<\/p>

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Sailing on to Juneau<\/strong><\/p>","date_published":"2012-10-07T08:24:00+00:00","date_modified":"2026-10-04T07:47:43+00:00"}]}