The other day, I went to lunch with some of the other retirees from where I worked... they call it "the old-timers lunch" and well... what goes on at the old-timer lunch stays at the old-timer …
The Now-Famous Night-Blooming Cereus
Remember the night-blooming cereus? The houseplant I inherited from my dad? The houseplant he got as a cutting from a WWII war bride from Czechoslovakia who played bridge with my mom and dad back …
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Garden Fairies Discuss Pre-Christmas
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are pausing in our preparations for Christmas because little Deema Mae Flowerweaver had such a fright this morning. Deema Mae was peacefully …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – December 2023
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2023. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6b garden in central Indiana, one would think December is a time when no flower would dare bloom …
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I Wanted to Show You…
I wanted to show you on December 7th that the Christmas roses, Helleborus niger, were blooming, and it was warm enough for a bee to visit! But Mailchimp, which is the service I use to automatically …
Watch Me Live on Instagram on Dec. 6 and a Stocking Stuff Idea for Gardeners
Over on Instagram, I'll be interviewed live by Sean and Allison of Spoken Garden on Wednesday, December 6 at 1:00 pm Eastern time, technology permitting. I say "technology permitting" because we …
