As summer nears its theoretical end, I think it is easier to find pollinators on flowers and take their pictures. The bees seem fatter and lazier after a summertime spent eating a steady diet of …
Where the Wild Petunia Blooms
I do love a gentle self-sower in the garden, one that establishes itself here and there without looking like it is intent on crowding out every other plant around it. I love a flower that is content …
My Book is Six Months Old This Week and You Get a Present
My book, Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, is six months old this week. That's right. Time flies! The hardcover edition was officially published on February 23, 2017 and the …
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Garden Fairies Discuss the Eclipse Happening on August 21, 2017
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we decided that we would post about the eclipse happening on Monday, August 21, 2017 because it appears that Carol is not going to post about the …
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Eulogy for a Tree
The other day, my sister, who lives with her family in the house we all grew up in, sent out a text to let us know a crew was cutting down the maple tree in the front yard the next morning. Without …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – August 2017
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for August 2017. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, summer is humming along to the tune of bees buzzing and birds singing. We have …
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