Carol, I have time for just the briefest note to follow up your request for more information about the Green Bandana Garden Club. Did you ever think to check in that pile of old gardening …
A Return Letter to Hortense
Dear Hortense, Greetings on a fine summer's morning! I very much appreciated how quickly you responded to my letter about the Green Bandana Garden Club. Somehow, I knew you would know something …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – July 2011
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for July 2011! Here in my USDA hardiness zone 5b garden, the coneflowers, Echinacea purpurea, are creating a swath of bloom that will carry that section of the …
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Pay Dirt
A sign should have flashed above me to warn me that I was about to fall into a rabbit hole when I found this book at a local antique mall. Pay Dirt by J. I. Rodale, copyright 1945. Forward by …
Testing a Hypothesis
Over the past two days, I’ve observed something several times which has led me to develop a hypothesis. Then I went looking on the Internet for how to test my hypothesis and ran into all kinds of …
Soybeans in my Vegetable Garden
Anyone know what this new-to-me vegetable is in my garden this season? If you guessed Glycine max, soybeans, you would be correct! In particular this is 'Midori Giant' from Nature's Crossroads, …
