Madness. How else does one describe the thoughts of a gardener on the first warm day of spring? How does one explain the furtive glances out the window, the longing to go out and do something, …
Feeling the garden
How would you describe this garden? By the names of the flowers - coneflowers, statis, coreopsis? By what is there - flowers, lawn, evergreen, fence? Or would you describe it by how it makes you …
You Can Grow That! Iris reticulata
Iris reticulata Pssssst... over here. Did anyone follow you? Are we alone? I have something to show you in my garden. It's a tiny little iris that is blooming right now in my USDA Hardiness …
You might be a gardening geek: Words with Friends® Edition
You might be a gardening geek who plays Words with Friends® on your iPhone (or iPad) if... You have a user name that includes the word "garden" or "gardener" in it. You say "Hey, that's my word" if …
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Once there was a garden there
Once there was a garden there. I caught a glimpse of it in the crocuses blooming in the winter-weary lawn. The garden is gone, for the most part, but I could see the shadows of where it once …
Sproutkale 29, 2012
Crocuses blooming on a sunny Sproutkale day I was down in a rabbit hole full old gardening magazines when I ran into a tidbit or two about the month of February. Or should I say, the …
