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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Bounty in the Garden
What joy is ours when we go out to the garden to find bounty in it. It's why we grow vegetables, isn't it? And flowers, too, like this verbena that I let self sow all around my garden. It is bountiful …
Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Eleventh Secret
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke' Before the festivities of Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, I attempted to post a secret I learned from the praying mantis. The garden fairies boldly intervened, …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – September 2011
Short's Goldenrod, Solidago shortii Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2011. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 5b garden in central Indiana, I feel as though I am reliving the same …
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