"What is the point, dear Carol, of browsing through old gardening books and reading all those yellowed newspaper articles written by Lost Ladies of Garden Writing?" Thank you for your …
Seed Packet Poetry #3
How to write seed packet poetry in a few easy steps. Step one. Find some old seed packets. In a pinch, new ones will also work. But, the older, the better. (A motto I love more and more with each …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2025
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2025. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the crocuses are starting to pop up throughout the back lawn. I think the …
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Garden Fairies Explain
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we have decided that it is time for us to have our say about what is going on around this garden. Yes, we are having our say! We are not …
Winter Sowing Seeds
Welcome to the season for winter sowing seeds, in which gardeners sow seeds in various containers, put them outside, and leave them be, for the most part, until little seedlings appear. The most …
Gardener’s Seed Math
Last year, I introduced you to gardener math and also provided some important updates a few months later. This is a subject I've been studying off and on for quite some time, and today, I'm …
