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Recent Blog Posts From May Dreams Gardens
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 […]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2025
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for March 2025. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I have just one thing to say… “What a difference a week makes!” Eight days ago, we had a heavy dusty of snow on the ground and it seemed as though winter wasn’t going to quit. […]
The Season Begins With…
How do you begin your gardening season? With seeds? With hopes and dreams? (Hopefully!) With pansies and violas? Or with all of the above? Let’s choose all of the above, but hold a special place in our gardening hearts for the first pansies and violas. And by special place, I mean go overboard with those […]
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!