"One gets strength out of the ground as often as one really touches it with a hoe." Charles Dudley Warner in My Summer in a Garden.I have added another hoe to my collection of hoes.My aunt brought me …
Because It’s Pretty!
You know where I found this pretty cactus flower?In my garden.Friends are generally surprised to find cactus growing and blooming in my Zone 5 Indiana garden. This is a prickly pear cactus, Opuntia …
Crying Out
I checked on the baby birds yesterday and today. This little birdie, desparately crying out for food, was born sometime before yesterday evening. I don't know much about birds so I don't know why the …
Good Advice From Someone Who Doesn’t Garden
Several years ago, my sister-who-does-not-garden came by and saw my vegetable garden. She thought the compost bins detracted from the overall neat appearance of the rest of the garden and that I …
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Hats in the Garden
The fairy lilies (Zephyranthes sp.) are starting to bloom. Some people call them rain lilies because they tend to bloom after some rain, but I prefer to call them fairy lilies.I don't know if I read …
Home of the Purple Bench
Welcome to May Dreams Gardens, home of the purple bench. See it back there in the vegetable garden?Before I painted it purple, it looked like this. It was a pretty color of cream but the paint was …
