I wanted a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting. Or perhaps sea salt caramel frosting. I'd been wanting one for days, thinking about it off and on whenever I either drove by a cupcake shop or …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2017
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2017. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana the mild winter continues. We speak of it in hushed tones–the warmer temperatures, …
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Garden Fairies discuss sunny and 67º in February
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have not posted for awhile, which as you know, is not our fault. Carol hogs the computer. She doesn't like us to post too often because she said, …
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Dirty Knees and All is Well
A few days ago, the crocuses were covered with about an inch of snow and winter was decidedly present in the garden. Today, the snow has mostly melted except in the coldest parts of the garden and …
Delights of the winter garden
I am delighted to see several crocuses blooming in the lawn in the first days of February, our last full month of winter. I checked my garden journal, which I will admit contains mostly sporadic …
The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows
It would make a great Jeopardy game show clue. "The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows". The answer: "Who is Hercule Poirot?" We might also accept the answer, "What is the title of Chapter 3 of The …
