I'm not a big fan of daffodils. I can take 'em or leave 'em, as they say. "Really, Carol? Because it looks like you've been mostly taking them and now you have quite a few blooming around your garden." Well, yes, there do seem to be quite a few daffodils here and there. "And it's not just the same ones over and over. You actually have several varieties, it seems." Yes, but if I can't remember all the variety names, do they count? "You know they count. Fess up, Carol. You … [Read more...] about Daffodils
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Mother Nature Would Like to Remind You
Did you dream all winter about how lovely your garden was going to be this spring and summer? All the pretty flowers, the perfect vegetables, the song birds singing. I sure did. I always do! There's something about winter and snow and cold to give a gardener illusions (delusions?) of how in the spring their garden will once and for all become the very definition of perfection. It will be a paradise of your own making. And then Mother Nature reminds you... There are going to be some … [Read more...] about Mother Nature Would Like to Remind You
Mother Nature’s Springtime Lesson
There comes a time every spring when we look around and say to Mother Nature, "Slow down, what's your hurry? Can we just relax for a week or two and enjoy this spring season?" Mother Nature always replies with a firm no and tells us to get on with it. She has no use for procrastinators! And so we must learn to relax, but be busy. To enjoy spring, yet get on with the garden. It's not going to wait! The first tulips are blooming, after all, along with daffodils and all kinds of … [Read more...] about Mother Nature’s Springtime Lesson
My Lego® Bonsai
I thought my Lego® days were about 50 years ago and the only Lego® sets I'd buy now would be those that showed up on a gift list from a great-niece or great-nephew. I was wrong. Behold my finished Lego® Bonsai tree. Or if you prefer Bonsai 'Lego'. Before you click away, a few more tidbits. It Costs About What A Real Bonsai Costs These kits are not cheap, though I honestly don't know if $49.99 is an average price for a Lego® set, but I'm guessing it isn't too far off the … [Read more...] about My Lego® Bonsai
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2021
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2021. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the first daffodils are blooming. This particular one is 'Tete de Tete', a reliable, early blooming miniature daffodil. It isn't much more than four inches tall, if that. But before there were daffodils, there were little irises. This one is Iris histrioides 'Lady Beatrix Stanley', sometimes referred to as Iris reticulata. I have a lot of unnamed varieties of … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2021
An Unusual Phenomenon Observed with Plastic Pots
I have observed an unusual phenomenon related to plastic pots. I have observed that after planting a few plastic pots of violas and pansies, the empty plastic pots replicate. The result is you end up with many more empty pots than you thought you bought with plants in them. There can be no other reasonable explanation for this peculiarity other than "they replicated." How else would you explain to someone who doesn't garden how you planted "just a few pansies and violas to … [Read more...] about An Unusual Phenomenon Observed with Plastic Pots
