Weeding at top speeds approaching more than 20 weeds a minute, I speed weeded my way through a large garden area called The Shrubbery. I did not stop to choose a special tool and dig up any weeds. I …
Early Fall is the New Spring
Early Fall is the New Spring. After three months of the hottest, driest days I've ever experienced as a gardener, we finally had some good rains a few weeks ago and everyone breathed a collective …
Guest Post: Garden Fairies Write About Themselves
New buds in August? Yep. Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are once again having to take control of this blog before it withers away and becomes as bare as a maple tree in the winter …
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Wildflower Wednesday: Goldenrod
Goldenrod? In my garden? A prized plant? Ha! Ten years ago, if someone had suggested to me that one of my most prized perennials would be a goldenrod, I would have laughed. What …
Reading Harry Potter and thoughts turn to gardening
Purslane - is this what Gillyweed might look like? I am reading all of the Harry Potter books this summer and my thoughts turned to gardening, as they always do. Naturally, I am interested in the …
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Guest post: Garden fairies celebrate
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we assume that everyone knows that whenever a mushroom pops up in the garden, it is a sure sign that the garden fairies will soon be gathering for a big …
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