How to tame a wildflower. You can give it fancy leaves... Heliopsis helianthoides 'Loraine Sunshine' You can give it double flowers... Heliopsis helianthoides '(Variety Name Forgotten*)' You …
Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Twelfth Secret
One day, as I came up the front walk to see if I had a package of bulbs waiting by the front door, I saw a little rabbit jump off the first step to the porch and dart off. I think he ended up under a …
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Where do gardening secrets come from?
The little rabbit huddled beneath the big shrub, waiting for the rain to stop, waiting for his opportunity. He could not believe that he, the smallest and slowest rabbit at May Dreams Gardens, had …
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When a gardener orders pizza
When a gardener orders pizza, she is delighted to find some of her favorite toppings on the menu -- Brassica oleracea, Solanum lycopersicum (which she used to know as Lycopersicum esculentum), and a …
Guest Post: Garden Fairies Announce Exciting News
Garden fairies here. We have taken over this blog to bring you all some exciting news. But first, we are garden fairies and we have not posted anything in awhile so we would like to provide an …
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The Hierarchy of Weeding and Plant Removal
As soon as a gardener declares an area to be a garden and plants that first plant, it is time to start weeding and removing plants that are not part of the garden plan. This is because a garden is not …
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