The bulging bookshelves in my home library provide proof that, indeed, I seldom turn away the opportunity to acquire an old gardening book. Occasionally, those old books have some interesting bits …
Spring Beauties and More!
Spring beauties! They have arrived in the garden this week. Long-time readers might remember that two years ago, my sister and I dug up a bunch of spring beauties, Claytonia virginica ,from her …
Garden Fairies Provide an Update on Pea Planting
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and the first thing we would like to clarify, explain, and point out is that the picture we chose for this post is not a current picture by any stretch …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2025
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2025. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I have just one thing to say... "What a difference a week makes!" Eight days ago, we …
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The Season Begins With…
How do you begin your gardening season? With seeds? With hopes and dreams? (Hopefully!) With pansies and violas? Or with all of the above? Let's choose all of the above, but hold a …
A Bea Jones Bottle Garden
"What is the point, dear Carol, of browsing through old gardening books and reading all those yellowed newspaper articles written by Lost Ladies of Garden Writing?" Thank you for your …
