Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we see that Carol has not posted on this blog for well over a week so we are garden fairies, we are going to save this blog once again from …
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Twenty Years of Blogging
Today is the 20th anniversary of my starting this blog. That's right, the first post was September 27, 2004. Just so you don't have to click down through all the posts of the last 20 years to …
Who Needs a Sticker?
What's your reward for making it through another gardening season, hopefully mostly intact, with good memories of lovely flowers and ripe tomatoes? A pat on the back? Pat, pat, pat. A kind …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – September 2024
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2024. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the garden is slowly putting on its Autumn colors. Emphasis on "slowly." …
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Arsenic and Old Gardening Books
Short version: It is possible that the covers of books published in the 19th century may contain arsenic, lead, or other heavy metals that could be harmful to one's health with prolonged …
These Beans Tell You All You Need to Know About Gardening
This, my friends, is my black bean harvest. It is about three-fourths of a cup. And these beans tell us all we need to know about gardening. First, though some of us may appear to spend quite a …
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