Don't even think that as soon as fall arrives in the garden this Sunday you'll make a hasty retreat and head inside to think about Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas celebrations. This is no time to …
Floral Flotsam
I have finally come across a phrase to describe those blooms that hang on well past their season or show up after their season is over. Floral flotsam. The season for these blooms, this flotsam of …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – September 2013
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' and Aster 'Purple Dome' Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2013. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the last few days have …
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Weeding: A series of minor victories
Not bindweed, probably morning glory "Miss Marple bent down on the terrace outside the french window and dealt with some insidious bindweed. It was only a minor victory, since beneath the surface the …
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“It’s gardening that’s needed here…”
Just some pretty flowers from before it dried up here. Earlier this summer I started reading mysteries by Agatha Christie, particularly those that feature Miss Jane Marple as the …
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Garden fairies rescue a bee
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we think that Carol is just using us to tell about what's really going her at May Dreams Gardens when what's going on involves her and something she has …
