Papa Raccoon ambled along the side of the house and headed toward the gate to the back garden. He lowered his head to slip under the gate, as he had done so many times before, and ran smack dab …
My Houseplant Revelation
I had a revelation about houseplants the other day and I'm here to tell you that it is the most liberating revelation I've had in quite some time. I have some really old houseplants in my sunroom. …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – November 2017
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2017. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I am as surprised as you might be to see a colchicum still blooming in the garden …
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Fall on a zipline toward winter
Gardening through this fall has been like being stuck at the top of a zip line. I just couldn't get that thing, whatever it is called, engaged on the zip line, ready to go. The temperatures were too …
How did we get to “compromise” so quickly?
I wonder how we got to "compromise" in the fall garden so quickly? I blame the unusual summery days of October when warmer than normal temperatures lulled me into believing there was a lot of time …
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Garden Fairies Discuss Fall Garden Clean Up
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have lived through yet another killing frost. Whew. We know it is going to happen every year but for some reason we just weren't as ready for this …
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