Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are posting on this blog so that it doesn't go dormant and disappear like that chocolate Carol bought and swore would last her for weeks and weeks. …
On the Occasion of the First Snow of the Season
I do hope this short little blog posts lives up to the lofty title I've given it. "On the Occasion of the First Snow of the Season," which I will follow with a subtitle of: "Down a Rabbit Hole …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – November 2024
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2024. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I did not expect to see lavender in "nearly full bloom" when I went out to the …
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A Few Minutes of Mycology
What do I think when I find mushrooms in my garden? I think that I must be doing something right by allowing leaves to stay on the beds and rot down into leaf mold each winter. I also think that …
A Little Garden Chat
Sit down over there on that garden bench while I continue to dig dandelions out of the lawn, and we can have a nice little garden chat. Yes, that is saffron crocus blooming in a bed out in the …
For That Fall Color
Even if Amsonia didn't have pretty light blue flowers in the spring, I would still plant it for its beautiful fall foliage. And it is for its fall foliage that I forgive it for being so deeply …
