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Recent Blog Posts From May Dreams Gardens
Garden Fairies Discuss Self-Sowing Appreciation
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we are going to write a post about self-sowing and appreciating all the self-sown flowers, but it is also a post about how Carol is envious, jealous, and covetous of how in her sister’s garden, there are way more self-sown violas than in her garden. We are […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May 2026
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for May 2026. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I feel like we are ahead of past years, but surprisingly, the nights and early mornings have still been quite chilly. Not frosty chilly, but colder than some tropical plants like it. That’s not a […]
Garden Fairies Review Carol
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and and we have decided to give Carol her annual performance review now instead of waiting until fall because, honestly, she needs some straight talk tout-suite or this gardening season is not going to be up to our garden fairy standards! We honestly believe we don’t have that […]
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!