Snow on a viburnum Gardeners, please raise your right hand and repeat after me, "This year I promise, as a gardener, to garden it forward." Thank you. How do you garden it forward, now that …
A freshly plowed field for the new year
As Hortocrates once said, "A new year is like a freshly plowed field. Plant it thoughtfully." "Carol..." Yes Dr. Hortfreud? "Who is Hortocrates"? Well, Dr. Hortfreud, Hortocrates is a famous …
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Happy New Year, Thirteen
View across Ploppers Field on a snowy day The ol' Rabbit, Twelve, stood in the snow looking across Ploppers Field toward the green chairs where he had seen Eleven waiting for him so long ago. "My …
All Aboard!
I finally watched the Christmas movie, The Polar Express, and my thoughts turned to gardening, as they always do. Actually, my thoughts first turned to other trains that were named "Express", then I …
Wildflower Wednesday: Recap of 2012
Back garden after the Blizzard of '12 Following the lead of Gail at Clay and Limestone, who hosts Wildflower Wednesday on the fourth Wednesday of the month, I thought I'd review some of my posts on …
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Gardeners, What did you get for Chrismas?
I am surely the envy of all gardeners at Christmas-time with my brand new tree garden-y ornament. It is a glass garden fork with a little toad sitting on the handle. I've already hung it on the …
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