I found a poem today down in a rabbit hole of old gardening books where one author and book leads to another, and another, and then there is a snippet of a poem, and then I find the entire poem. I …
I’m Ready!
A pansy from another spring, in the past I'm ready! I have seeds. I have new gardening gloves. I have a new hoe. I have increased my knowledge of gardening, finding tidbits and treasures down …
Garden of Desire
It was Liberty Hyde Bailey who wrote in The Gardener (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925), "Gardening is more than the growing of plants: it is the expression of desire." What do we desire from …
Shopping like it’s 1931
I ordered a special garden catalog a few weeks ago, one that would take me to a place and time I'd never been before - 1931. You can turn to any page in this catalog,"Dreer's Garden Book 1931", and …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: February 2013
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2013. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, winter continues. It seems at times like a roller coaster ride that goes up and …
Continue Reading about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: February 2013 →
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day Tip of the hoe to Kylee at Our Little Acre for sending me this card last spring. She saw the hoe and thought of me! Everything "hoe" -- that's me! …
