Some gardeners are afraid of colors like orange. Fear? There should be no fear in gardening. How sad that some people garden with so much fear. Fear of pruning, fear of sowing, fear of …
Tidbits, Treasures, and Thanks
A few tidbits and treasures suitable for a Thursday morning. I'd like to thank Mary Ann of Gardens of the Wild, Wild West for recommending that I obtain a copy of Grandmother's Garden: The …
50 Shades of Green
I discovered early on in gardening that there are many shades of green, and many ways to describe green. There is green(1), aquamarine(2), and chartreuse(3) for starters. Then there are greens that …
“When does spring commence?”
I've been spending some time this morning with Canon Henry N. Ellacombe discovering his answer to the question "When does spring commence?" There are many wrong answers to this question, according to …
Finished Gardens and other mythical places
Winter interest in a garden not yet finished. A finished garden is a mythical place which does not exist. If you find such a garden, I guarantee you that there is no gardener there tending it. So …
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Mignonette
Mignonette, picture from Select Seeds "Soon the rumor of its fragrance carried it across the Channel to London where it was so much used in window boxes that a writer of the time said, "We have …
