Photo orig. from The Blogging Nurseryman Can you believe this frass? The Hoosier Gardener, perhaps knowing that I like to use the word frass as my own secret gardener's cuss word, sent me this …
Dear Hortense Hoelove Tells a Legend
Dear Hortense Hoelove, Has anyone every asked you what will happen to spring flowers that start to bloom in February because it has been a mild winter? What if it turns cold again? Will …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2012
Snowdrops in the snow Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2012. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden, I've been enjoying a mild winter. But I've been enjoying it with one …
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Gardening Terms Defined
I'm not sure I can retrace my steps through old gardening books to determine how I arrived at Johnson's Gardeners' Dictionary, but as soon as I read about it in the introduction of another book, I …
Guest Post: Garden Fairies Worry About Seeds
Why we grow vegetables - for the food. Garden fairies here! Finally, we get a chance to post something. When was the last time we posted? Goodness, we don't know when we last posted something …
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Book Review: Writing the Garden
I have yet to find the secret code, the nugget of information, the key that will unlock the story of the life of Alice T. A. Quackenbush, whose gardening books I've been reading these last few days. …
