My Christmas decorations include a stack of Christmas gardening books on the coffee table. They are there should anyone have a notion to read about Christmas plants and ways to use plants around …
First Snow Starts the Thinking Season of Gardening
First snow. Thursday night into Friday morning. About four inches here, give or take. Plus it is quite chilly. No one is going to sit in those chairs for a while now. They are made of …
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Garden fairies urge patience
Improper way to store gardening books Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are posting on this blog to urge patience amongst the tree fairies and the book fairies who reside here at May …
Reading to take my mind off gardening
I'm taming a coleus and making it a houseplant. Awhile back, a co-worker suggested I read Nemesis by Agatha Christie because the murder takes place on a garden tour. Of course Christie's famous …
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Thinking about gardening in the 1970’s
Everywhere I look these days, I seem to be reminded of gardening in the 1970's. The other day when I arrived for Thanksgiving at my older sister's house, my youngest sister opened the passenger side …
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Tips to Avoid Thanksgiving Day Clashes
Just a little coleus I'm attempting to turn into a houseplant. Welcome to May Dreams Gardens, home of the clashing Thanksgiving Cacti. Here in my sunroom, the big story, just in time for …
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