“Here’s a snowdrop—for “hope”—and here’s pansy—for thought”— C. Preston-Wynne While looking through a stack of vintage postcards for images of violets and pansies, I ran across this one …
The Genus Viola: A Presentation
Last week, my garden club's speaker "ghosted" us, as the kids says. We attempted to contact the person, we did online searches for the person, and we came up with nothing. A no-show. It happens. So …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2022
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2022. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, all thoughts that we might escape winter with mild weather have been blown away …
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Rating Books by Gardening References
I've been reading quite a bit lately, mostly novels written in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. They are pleasant reads which don't require too much effort and because of when they were written, they …
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Garden Fairies Pick a Word of the Year
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we just realized that it is almost the end of January and Carol hasn't come up with a word of the year to guide her gardening activities. So, once …
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Lessons Learned from Seed Sorting
I sorted all my packets of seeds earlier today and learned a few lessons along the way. I learned... I'm apparently in love with the idea of growing several varieties of beets and spinach, …
