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Recent Blog Posts From May Dreams Gardens
Gardener’s Seed Math
Last year, I introduced you to gardener math and also provided some important updates a few months later. This is a subject I’ve been studying off and on for quite some time, and today, I’m ready to reveal some recent findings and revelations about seed math, a subset of gardener math. (I’ll pause while you […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2025
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for January 2025. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are snow-covered and have been for about the last 10 days. That means I have to pull out my “emergency, always blooming” flower, the Crown of Thorns, Euphorbia milii to have any flowers to show. […]
Happy New Year, Twenty-Five
The old rabbit, Twenty-Four, stood by the bird feeders, patiently waiting for Twenty-Five to come up the street. He wrapped his scarf around his neck and kept his umbrella open to shield himself from the rain. Nearby, birds slept in the shelter of a spruce tree. Carefully shielding his notes from the rain, Twenty-Four reviewed […]
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!