The old rabbit, Twenty-Four, stood by the bird feeders, patiently waiting for Twenty-Five to come up the street. He wrapped his scarf around his neck and kept his umbrella open to shield himself …
My 2025 Gardening Motto
Short Version: My 2025 gardening motto, perhaps my motto for all gardening going forward, is taken from The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. "Don't let us make it tidy...It wouldn't …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – December 2024
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2024. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we went from a slow, meandering fall that seemed like it would go on for quite …
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A Few Thoughts On Books
A few thoughts on books! Gardening books are excellent gifts. Just ask Vicar Ellacombe, also known as Canon Ellacombe. And I quote: “I suppose no one who loves his garden is entirely without …
Garden Fairies Discuss the Weather
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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