These May days, these glorious, sun-drenched (sometimes rain-soaked) May days, are the FOLO days in the garden. There are so many blooms that we are seeing the First Of, and right beside them are …
Guest Post From A Columbine: Sawfly Larvae Troubles
Hi, Readers! Black Barlow’s my name and Columbine is my game. I’m from the Aquilegia clan and I live her at May Dreams Gardens, up by the house, just to the left of the water spigot.I don’t know how I …
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Embrace Patience For A Happier Life
What is the most important ingredient for creating a garden?Is it the sunlight necessary for plants to grow or the plants themselves?Is it the water needed for all life or is it the soil?Or is it …
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Letters to Gardening Friends, May 3, 2009
Dear Dee and Mary Ann,Isn’t this the prettiest bowl of lettuce and spinach?I think so, but then I might be biased because those are the thinnings from my lettuce patch, harvested earlier this morning. …
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Mystery Of The Broken Walnut Shells At May Dreams Gardens
Is it a welcome calling card or a sinister warning?Several times this week, when I went out to get the morning paper, I noticed the broken shells of a single black walnut on my driveway.Each time I …
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Happy May 1st!
It’s May! Happy May 1st !Take up your trowels and hoes and wide-brimmed hats, it’s time to plant and weed and sow seed in the garden.May starts as Spring with fat buds, fragrant new flowers and newly …
