Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are appalled. We cannot believe that there have been no new posts on this blog since Sunday. Honestly, we garden fairies watched and waited …
Underneath all that snow
Underneath all that snow, there lies a garden. I call it Plopper's Field because I just plop plants here and there in it, wherever there seems to be a bit of open dirt. I do try to …
Garden it forward
Snow on a viburnum Gardeners, please raise your right hand and repeat after me, "This year I promise, as a gardener, to garden it forward." Thank you. How do you garden it forward, now that …
A freshly plowed field for the new year
As Hortocrates once said, "A new year is like a freshly plowed field. Plant it thoughtfully." "Carol..." Yes Dr. Hortfreud? "Who is Hortocrates"? Well, Dr. Hortfreud, Hortocrates is a famous …
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Happy New Year, Thirteen
View across Ploppers Field on a snowy day The ol' Rabbit, Twelve, stood in the snow looking across Ploppers Field toward the green chairs where he had seen Eleven waiting for him so long ago. "My …
All Aboard!
I finally watched the Christmas movie, The Polar Express, and my thoughts turned to gardening, as they always do. Actually, my thoughts first turned to other trains that were named "Express", then I …
