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Seed Packet Poetry
By Carol 4 Comments
This morning, as I was sorting through some of my seed packets, I had the idea that one could, if one wanted to, use various snippets from the descriptions on the seed packets to write poems. This is a little bit like the book spine poetry I wrote about a few years ago, but instead […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2024
By Carol 11 Comments
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for March 2024. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6b garden in central Indiana, spring is rapidly pushing winter out of the way. After several warm days, the garden is in full spring bloom with daffodils, hellebores, crocuses, and pots of pansies and violas all in bloom. I walked […]
Where Is My List?
By Carol 2 Comments
Now, where is that list of blog post ideas I wrote down? It was here somewhere. Well, never mind, because the first Glory of the Snow, Chionodoxa sp., showed up in the lawn on Monday. It’s wayyyy out there by the Vegetable Garden Cathedral entrance, if anything can be wayyyy out there in a garden […]
Check Out My Books
I’ve written five books of humorous gardening advice, guaranteed to make you smile and provide some good gardening advice. Check out one or all five!
Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts From a Gardening Life
Creatures and Critters: Who’s In My Garden
Digging and Delighted: Live Your Best Gardening Life
And I’ve written two children’s books, both illustrated by my nephew. If you know a kid or were once a kid, you need both!
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages
The Halloween Hare: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages
Will I write more books? Seeds have been planted, shoots are coming up. We shall see!
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