Many novice gardeners are growing the Queen of the Vegetable Garden, tomatoes, for the first time this season, and may have some questions about everything from hornworms to entering the May Dreams …
The Night Bloomer Blooms!
When the night bloomer blooms, all other activity for the evening comes to a halt or at least slows down enough so that I can run to the sunroom every ten minutes or so to take another picture.Excuse …
Letters to Gardening Friends, June 28, 2009
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and gardening friends everywhere,Greetings from my back patio where I’m enjoying a beautiful evening listening to birds chirping in the trees and watching the antics of a couple …
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Contratulations, Lorraine Sunshine
Congratulations, Heliopsis helianthoides 'Lorraine Sunshine', you are the flower of the day, of the week, of the side border where you live.You shine above all others right now, at three feet tall and …
The Mystery of the Old Grub Hoe
What secrets of the garden does this old grub hoe know? What ground has it broken? What roots has it dug out? Who carved that handle, clearly not the original, but definitely hand-hewn? Who has leaned …
I Confess To A Lapse Of Horticultural Judgment
I am about to confess that there is another member of the Umbelliferae family in my garden.But before I do, a quick review.In my last blog post, I confessed that I had somehow inadvertently removed, …
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