Peony for your thoughts? Some old timers call them "pine-ys". They are fully in bloom and lovely right now. These are the kind of plants that can benefit from some staking because those blooms are BIG …
Official Hoe Portrait – Stirrup Hoe
Every hoe has to have an official portrait and this is it for the new stirrup hoe, purchased earlier this spring. What do you think? I thought the blue of the Blue Dogbane (Amsonia tabernaemontana) …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May!
Welcome to May Dreams Gardens for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day this fine May day. I have flowers blooming, flowers budding, and flowers fadng! Here are some pictures of a few of them. On the side there …
Gardening Time Management
Do you ever get overwhelmed by all you need to do in your garden? Weeds to pull, flowers to dead head, mulch to spread, shrubs to dig out, annuals to plant, seeds to sow, the list seems endless at …
Thank You, Internet Neighbors!
Thank you, neighbors across the Internet, for voting for me to win a 2007 Mouse & Trowel award for “Garden Blogger You’d Most Like to Have as a Neighbor”.I’m thrilled to win and humbled to be …
Where the Lilacs Bloom
There are many firsts of Spring, the first crocus, the first robin, the first tulip, the first day of a vacation week dedicated to gardening. But these pale beside the first whiff of lilacs in …