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Recent Blog Posts From May Dreams Gardens
Mysterious Flower Announcement
The bulging bookshelves in my home library provide proof that, indeed, I seldom turn away the opportunity to acquire an old gardening book. Occasionally, those old books have some interesting bits of paper stuck between two pages, sometimes appearing to be randomly placed, sometimes seeming to be more deliberately inserted. I’ve found postcards, letters, grocery […]
Spring Beauties and More!
Spring beauties! They have arrived in the garden this week. Long-time readers might remember that two years ago, my sister and I dug up a bunch of spring beauties, Claytonia virginica ,from her neighbor’s backyard, where they had been growing wild since the 1960s and before. I am thrilled to have them in my garden, […]
Garden Fairies Provide an Update on Pea Planting
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and the first thing we would like to clarify, explain, and point out is that the picture we chose for this post is not a current picture by any stretch of any imagination, but it is how we hope the peas look in a few weeks. Anyway, though […]
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!