Spring in the garden, a few years ago I've picked out a motto for my garden. Or maybe it is a theme for this year? Or maybe it is something to repeat whenever I can't decide if I should or …
Winter shapes a garden like no other season
A few weeks ago Winter shapes a garden like no other season. Winter is why I don't grow camellias, and why I grow lilacs. Winter is why I plant tulips and daffodils, hyacinths and snowdrops. I …
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40 Degrees Fahrenheit
Just before the two little snowdrops were buried in our first snow of March, I hurried out the front door and took a picture of them. Then I hurried back inside because it is cold out …
Flowers and Their Teachings
I consider it a wondrous happenstance that I discovered this little book for sale online. I knew nothing about it, and there was no picture of its pretty cover, but it was priced low enough that I was …
The Anachronistic Gardener:
I may be an anachronistic gardener, stuck in my own time. There is evidence. I'm not taken in much by new gardening products. I saw a new product today - a peat pot already pre-planted with …
Late Winter Session with Dr. Hortfreud
Overheard in a garden... Carol, so good to see you in the garden today. Well, Dr. Hortfreud, it's good to be in the garden today, even it is just to walk around and look at the bare …
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