The folks at GardenComm tossed out a garden bloggers challenge for the month of May. They've listed posting prompts for every day in the month of May. I'm already four days behind, or more …
And the Tulips Multiplied
A few years ago, my neighbor asked me why all my tulips come back and bloom every year, while his tulips seem to bloom once, and then the next year, he gets a bunch of leaves and no blooms. It's a …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – April 2025
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2025. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I would describe our spring so far as "slow with wild storms mixed in." We've …
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The Garden Fairies Discuss Spring Songs
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we would like to state right from the beginning that we did not teach the birds to call out "weirdo, weirdo, weirdo" when Carol stepped out into the …
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Mysterious Flower Announcement
The bulging bookshelves in my home library provide proof that, indeed, I seldom turn away the opportunity to acquire an old gardening book. Occasionally, those old books have some interesting bits …
Spring Beauties and More!
Spring beauties! They have arrived in the garden this week. Long-time readers might remember that two years ago, my sister and I dug up a bunch of spring beauties, Claytonia virginica ,from her …
